The Royal Descendant Hetepheres
The Royal Descendant Hetepheres
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Published 2019-03-27T13:22:30+00:00
Hetepheres was the mother of the pharaoh's hairdresser, Re-Wer, who was honored in a stone tomb at Giza. Carved in high relief from a single slab, this life-size statue of Hetepheres was originally part of a family sculptural group of five figures that included her husband, son, and grandchildren. Her sculpted likeness furnished a recognizable image for her ka, or life essence, to inhabit, should her mummified physical body be destroyed. It also served as a focal point for veneration by her survivors, who would visit the necropolis on feast days.
Now headless, Hetepheres stands with her left arm at her side; her right arm was once raised, probably to embrace her grandchild. Enlivened by the subtle modeling of swelling breasts, slender waist, and hips revealed beneath a sheer garment, the rigid, artificial pose of the figure- fixed for eternity- is typical of Old Kingdom art.
Credit Worcester Art Museum, -SHA
| Date published | 27/03/2019 |
| Schwierigkeitsgrad | Easy |
| Title | The Royal Descendant Hetepheres |
| Date | ca. 2440 B.C. |
| Accession | 1934.48 |
| Period | Early Fifth Dynasty |
| Medium | Limestone |
| Credit | Museum Purchase |
| Record | https://www.worcesterart.org/collection/Ancient/1934.48.html |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Worcester Art Museum |
