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The bust of Nefertiti is the most famous work in the Egyptian Museum. The sculpture was found in the studio of artist Thutmose, and its shape suggests it was a typical sculptural model. Computed tomography (CT) examination confirmed that the image itself consisted of a limestone core, with several coats of plaster applied to the shoulders and crown. The fine sculpting of the face and the wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, as well as the precise sculpting of the neck muscles are achieved by applying a layer of plaster less than a millimeter thick in certain places. The left eye socket is empty, which is the first stage that has not yet been inserted into the pupil, and the right eye can see the finished appearance. The right eye is made of black wax and crystalline quartz, and we can roughly imagine what the finished work will look like. They planned to make more queen statues based on this model; however Nefertiti, the queen of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt and the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, was removed from the political arena shortly after it was completed. Disappeared. Before that, she had been the party that influenced all of her husband’s political and religious decisions.
Our work today is thanks to the Neues Museum in Berlin (part of the Berlin State Museum).
Side note: Check out Nefertiti’s beautiful and mysterious fascinating story here !
Height about 50cm
Ancient Egyptian art
Neues Museum
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