Bust of a "Libyan" Dignitary

Description This fragment from a statue that showed its owner kneeling before his god reflects classic elements of Egyptian sculpture. It was created at a time when Egypt was also influenced by Nubian and Libyan culture, though, as can be seen in the heavy folds of flesh around the mouth and the shape and placement of the eyes.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
10/21/1998	Examination	survey
4/01/1999	Treatment	cleaned; re-housed; coated; loss-compensation

Provenance Giovanni Dattari Collection, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 17-19, 1912, no. 293; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924