Relief Fragment: Male and Female Attendants in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Male and Female Attendants

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: reign of Akhenaten

Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Geography: Egypt, Middle Egypt, el-Amarna probably; Hermopolis possibly

Medium: Limestone, paint

Dimensions: H. 23 cm (9 1/16 in); w. 54 cm (21 1/4 in)

Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1985

Accession Number: 1985.328.10

Description:

This relief, showing both male and female attendants, is an excellent example of the exaggerated softness and grace with which the human body was portrayed in the art of the Amarna Period. The slender, elongated limbs, the wide hips and thighs of the women, and the bulging bellies of the men are characteristic of the Amarna style.


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