Torso de una segunda composición escultórica en la que el rey Amenemhat III, dos veces representado, aparecía fusionado con el genio de las aguas del Nilo.
Torso of a second sculptural composition in which King Amenemhat III, twice represented, appeared merged with the genius of the waters of the Nile.
• Dinastía XII. Reinado de Amenemhat III (Nimaatre´)
• Procedencia: Egipto.
1º emplazamiento original en Egipto: Desconocido
2º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: Templo de Isis y Serapis, en el Campus Martius.
3º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: El Panteón, en donde estuvo hasta el siglo XVI. Pirro Ligorio la sacó de allí informándonos que ya entonces estaba “hecha pedazos”.
4º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: Inventariado en 1641 en la Collezione Boncompagni Ludovisi
5º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: Museo de las Termas
6º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Altemps, Inv. 8607.
• Material: granito gris.
• Dimensiones:
• Conservación actual: Roma. Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Altemps, Inv. 8607.
ETIQUETA DEL MUSEO.
Bust of pharaoh Amenemhet III
Buoncompagni Ludovisi Collection
Inv. 8607
Grey granite
The bust dates to the second half of the 19th century B.C. and belonged to a huge statue of Amenemhet III, sixth pharaoh of the 12th Egyptian dynasty (ca. 1850-1800 B.C.).
The features of the face are typical of many other portraits of the same king. In particular, the statue is very similar to one in the Archaological Museum in Cairo, where the figure is standing, carrying a tray full of fish and tilting forward in the same way.
This rare iconography can also be found in a small late-Roman statue that was clearly inspired by this iconographic type, considered one of the most ancient to be imported from Egypt into the Roman Empire. In Rome, the original statue was placed first in the Temple of Isis and Serapis in the Campus Martius and later in the Pantheon. It was still in the Pantheon in the 16th century when Pirro Ligorio drew it and described it as “already in pieces.”
The statue appeared in the inventory of the Boncompagni Ludovisi Collection for the first time in 1641.
BIBLIOGRAFÍA:
ENLACES:
realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Canaan_1aa.htm
www.flickr.com/photos/128077194@N02/30007254420
REFERENCIAS:
Texto: Juan Rodríguez Lázaro.
Foto: Juan Rodríguez Lázaro. Tomada el 19 de agosto de 2018
Torso de una segunda composición escultórica en la que el rey Amenemhat III, dos veces representado, aparecía fusionado con el genio de las aguas del Nilo.
Torso of a second sculptural composition in which King Amenemhat III, twice represented, appeared merged with the genius of the waters of the Nile.
• Dinastía XII. Reinado de Amenemhat III (Nimaatre´)
• Procedencia: Egipto.
1º emplazamiento original en Egipto: Desconocido
2º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: Templo de Isis y Serapis, en el Campus Martius.
3º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: El Panteón, en donde estuvo hasta el siglo XVI. Pirro Ligorio la sacó de allí informándonos que ya entonces estaba “hecha pedazos”.
4º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: Inventariado en 1641 en la Collezione Boncompagni Ludovisi
5º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: Museo de las Termas
6º emplazamiento conocido en Roma: Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Altemps, Inv. 8607.
• Material: granito gris.
• Dimensiones:
• Conservación actual: Roma. Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Altemps, Inv. 8607.
ETIQUETA DEL MUSEO.
Bust of pharaoh Amenemhet III
Buoncompagni Ludovisi Collection
Inv. 8607
Grey granite
The bust dates to the second half of the 19th century B.C. and belonged to a huge statue of Amenemhet III, sixth pharaoh of the 12th Egyptian dynasty (ca. 1850-1800 B.C.).
The features of the face are typical of many other portraits of the same king. In particular, the statue is very similar to one in the Archaological Museum in Cairo, where the figure is standing, carrying a tray full of fish and tilting forward in the same way.
This rare iconography can also be found in a small late-Roman statue that was clearly inspired by this iconographic type, considered one of the most ancient to be imported from Egypt into the Roman Empire. In Rome, the original statue was placed first in the Temple of Isis and Serapis in the Campus Martius and later in the Pantheon. It was still in the Pantheon in the 16th century when Pirro Ligorio drew it and described it as “already in pieces.”
The statue appeared in the inventory of the Boncompagni Ludovisi Collection for the first time in 1641.
BIBLIOGRAFÍA:
ENLACES:
realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Canaan_1aa.htm
www.flickr.com/photos/128077194@N02/30007254420
REFERENCIAS:
Texto: Juan Rodríguez Lázaro.
Foto: Juan Rodríguez Lázaro. Tomada el 19 de agosto de 2018