Relief of a King (664–525 BCE): Art, History and Details

Relief of a King (664–525 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

A relief of exceptional quality and archaizing style. At the upper left is a section of the cartouche outlined in rope, as is found in archaic work. In many of its details this relief could be traced to the Old Kingdom, but the exceptional delicacy of the diadem, necklace, and false beard establish this as later archaizing work.

Object facts

• Title: Relief of a King
• Date: 664–525 BCE
• Culture: Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26 or later
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: limestone
• Dimensions: Overall: 28.7 x 17.2 cm (11 5/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Egypt - Late Period
• Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Accession number: 1920.1979

Collection credit

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
• Kozloff, Arielle P. “Weserkaf, Boy King of Dynasty V.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 7 (September 1982): 211–223.

View the collection record

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