San Francisco’s Legion of Honor showcases ancient Egyptian masterpieces
An outstanding collection of the treasures of the State Museums of Berlin that honors the contributions of patron James Simon is now at the Legion of Honor until January 18, 2009. James Simon supported excavations in Amarna from 1911 to 1914. The German share belonged to Simon, who first lent the treasures to the Egyptian Museum in 1913 and in 1920 designated the loans as gifts.
QUEEN TIYE, Reign of Amenhotep III. 9 in. – HEAD OF NEFERTITI, reign of Amenhotep IV – Akhenaten, ca. 1345 B.C. Limestone, H 28.7 cm
This 18th-Dynasty sculpture was crafted during the reign of Amenhotep III. Standing nine inches, it is composed of Yew wood, silver, gold, lapis lazuli, and faience. It was a major purchase among James Simon’s Egyptian New Kingdom collection. The mother of Akhenaten, Queen Tiye is realistically depicted as middle-aged with furrowed brows. She possesses a regal and careworn look marked with an awareness of the power she wielded.
This limestone head of Nefertiti, Akhenaten’s queen, comes from the same workshop of the Chief Sculptor Tuthmosis and was by the same hand as the famous Bust of Nefertiti. With black paint on its cheeks and face as sculptors’ guides, the head served as a model for artists producing portraits of the queen.
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