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Head of a King

Egyptian (Artist)
306-30 BCE or modern (Ptolemaic or modern)
black granite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This sculpture of a king has a helmet with a uraeus. It is broken off at the neck; the head of the uraeus is also lacking. Otherwise, the piece is well preserved; however, it is probably a forgery.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Daguerre [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1987-1992 Artful Deception: The Craft of the Forger. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City; Portland Museum of Art, Portland; The Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester; The Barnum Museum, Bridgeport.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
Examination condition
10/14/1963 Treatment re-housed; loss compensation
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Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 12 in. (30.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1926

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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22.156

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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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