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Dignitary holding a statue of Osiris
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19
1295–1186 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Wood with stone inlays
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 53.5 x 17 x 7 cm (21 1/16 x 6 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Modern wood mount (height x width x depth): 3 x 20 x 10 cm (1 3/16 x 7 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Modern wood mount (height x width x depth): 3 x 20 x 10 cm (1 3/16 x 7 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund, Norma Jean Calderwood Acquisition Fund, Marilyn M. Simpson Fund, Egyptian Curator's Fund, Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund, Thomas H. Lee Acquisition Fund, Walter and Celia Gilbert Acquisition Fund, The Gertrude F. Shelley Acquisition Fund, Magda Saleh and Jack A. Josephson Acquisition Fund, Brian J. Brille Acquisition Fund, Miguel and Barbara de Bragança Fund, William Stevenson Smith Fund, Ann and Roger Cogswell Fund, Susan B. Walker Acquisition Fund, Thomas G. Eastman Family Acquisition Fund, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen Acquisition Fund, Hannah Saltonstall Acquisition Fund, Middleton Acquisition Fund, MFA Senior Associates and MFA Associates Fund for Egyptian Acquisitions, Barbara W. and Joanne A. Herman Fund, Elizabeth H. Valentine Fund, Joan and Gorham Cross Endowment Fund, Virginia D. Ladd Acquisition Fund for Ancient Egyptian Art, Norma Jean and Stanford Calderwood Discretionary Fund, and by exchange from Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Horace L. Mayer, Gift of Mrs. Joseph A. Ropes, Bequest of Mrs. Godfrey Peckitt, Gift of Arthur H. Phillips, Gift of Mrs. Samuel D. Warren, Gift of Xavier Gonzalez, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson, Gift in memory of Mary L. Johnson, Gift of the Estate of Professor Henry Williamson Haynes, Gift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz, and Gift of the Estate of John M. Whittier
Accession Number2006.1892
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBeautifully carved, highly detailed wood sculpture of a nobleman, probably a priest.
ProvenanceBy 1894, Jean-Henri Hoffmann (b. 1823 - d. 1897), Paris; May 14, 1899, Hoffmann sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 51, to Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael (b. 1859 - d. 1926), 11th Bt., Castle Craig, Ireland; May 12, 1902, Carmichael sale, Christie's, London, lot 175, sold to "Ready." May 19, 1927, anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 23. M. and Mme. Gillet, France. July 7-8, 1994, anonymous sale ("property of a gentleman, formerly in the collection of Monsieur and Madame M. Gillet), Sotheby's, London, lot 281. 1997, Galerie Blondeel-Deroyan, Paris. 2005, sold by a private collection, Belgium, to Galerie J. Kugel, Paris; 2006, sold by Kugel to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2006)