Nefertiti
All of the artworks from the sculptor´s workshop discovered by Ludwig Borchardt have the charm of work in progress about them. The surface polish on the life-size quartzite head of Nefertiti is missing, giving the face the appearance of being shrouded in a very thin veil. The colour composition of the eyes and lips is only an interim stage, and would have been sacrificed to additional work of the surfage.The head was meant to be added to a statue made from different materials. A long pin under the neck was supposed to attach it to the shoulders, and the huge pin on top of the head was designated as the fixing for a crown.
18th dynasty, Amarna.
ÄM 21220
Neues Museum, Berlin
Nefertiti
All of the artworks from the sculptor´s workshop discovered by Ludwig Borchardt have the charm of work in progress about them. The surface polish on the life-size quartzite head of Nefertiti is missing, giving the face the appearance of being shrouded in a very thin veil. The colour composition of the eyes and lips is only an interim stage, and would have been sacrificed to additional work of the surfage.The head was meant to be added to a statue made from different materials. A long pin under the neck was supposed to attach it to the shoulders, and the huge pin on top of the head was designated as the fixing for a crown.
18th dynasty, Amarna.
ÄM 21220
Neues Museum, Berlin