Egyptian art

Egyptian art
Displayed in the Louvre museum since 1826, the collection of Egyptian antiquities is one of the largest in the world outside of Egypt. Created under the supervision of its illustrious sponsor, Champollion, it has been completed many times by purchases or donations from private collections. Today the Egyptian antiquities of the Louvre has 78,000 artworks of which 7,500 are exhibited, covering several millennia and highlighting the different civilizations that have succeeded on the banks of the Nile.
Torso of Queen Nefertiti
Oriental and Egyptian Antiquities

Torso of Queen Nefertiti

RE000023
  • € 235
*Light-colored wood base

Reproduction patinated by hand on a black wooden base. Mold made from an imprint of the original work exhibited at the Louvre.

Identified as Nefertiti or a princess, this torso has an exaggerated swelling of the pelvis and thighs, characteristic of Amarnian iconography. Despite the shortcomings, it seems that the female character is in the position of walking, with the right arm raised in a sign of respect; attitude found in others sculptures of Nefertiti in particular.

Black marble base.
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Amon, god of the city of Thebes
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The ancient Egyptians worshiped more than 1,400 different gods and goddesses. There is not a city or even a simple town that does not honor its god. The priests make him a demiurge by attributing to him the work of the great creative gods. The importance of a god depends on the size of the city he came from.
Ra, god of the sun, the divine fire
" Soldiers, remember that from the top of these pyramids, forty centuries of history are contemplating you " Napoléon, 1798