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<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)
Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)
<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)

Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)

<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegID_L573_18A_print_bw.jpg)

Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegID_L573_18A_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_negA_bw.jpg)

Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_negA_bw.jpg)

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Late Image of Nefertiti

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Nefertiti here wears the so-called Nubian wig. Formerly this wig had been worn almost exclusively by Nubian soldiers serving in pharaoh's army. Nefertiti seems to have adopted it as her personal symbol. She popularized the Nubian wig to such an extent that both men and women frequently wore it at el Amarna.

MEDIUM Sandstone, pigment
  • Place Excavated: Tell el Amarna, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY late XVIII Dynasty
    PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
    DIMENSIONS 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
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    ACCESSION NUMBER 35.1999
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society
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    CAPTION Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)
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    <em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)

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    Akhenaten's Wife
    Amarna Age
    Amarna Period
    ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
    Egypt
    Egypt Exploration Society
    Egyptian
    El Amarna
    Fragment
    Late 18th Dynasty
    Late Image of Nefertiti
    Late XVIII Dynasty
    New Kingdom
    Nubian Wig
    Painted
    Relief
    Sandstone
    Sculpture
    Sculpture Relief
    Tell el Amarna, Egypt
    Uraeus

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    Akhenaten's Wife
    Amarna Age
    Amarna Period
    ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
    Egypt
    Egypt Exploration Society
    Egyptian
    El Amarna
    Fragment
    Late 18th Dynasty
    Late Image of Nefertiti
    Late XVIII Dynasty
    New Kingdom
    Nubian Wig
    Painted
    Relief
    Sandstone
    Sculpture
    Sculpture Relief
    Tell el Amarna, Egypt
    Uraeus
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