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Relief of a Boat on the Nile
Image Not Available for Relief of a Boat on the Nile

Relief of a Boat on the Nile

CultureEgyptian
Date19th-18th century B.C.E.
MediumLimestone with applied pigment
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/4 × 32 3/4 inches (28.58 × 83.19 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-137
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History
Discovery and Deceit: Archaeology and the Forger's Craft, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 3-January 5, 1996-1997.
Provenance

Edwin L. M. Taggart (1905-1994), New York, by June 26, 1933-November 24, 1933 [1];

Purchased from Taggart by Brummer Gallery, New York, stock no. N3143, November 24, 1933-January 24, 1934 [2];

Purchased from Brummer by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] According to Edwin L. M. Taggart, Assistant Curator, Department of Egyptology, Brooklyn Museum, in a letter to Brummer Galleries, June 26, 1933, Taggart had placed this relief on loan to the Brooklyn Museum. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cloisters Library and Archive, Brummer Gallery Records, Egyptian, Object inventory card number N3143.

[2] Ibid.

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