Head of an official (The Josephson Head)
1878–1841 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueQuartzite
DimensionsWidth x height x depth: 24 x 18.5 x 21 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Width x height x depth (base): 16.5 x 16 x 14 cm (6 1/2 x 6 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Width x height x depth (base): 16.5 x 16 x 14 cm (6 1/2 x 6 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LinePartial gift of Magda Saleh and Jack A. Josephson and Museum purchase with funds donated by the Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Funds, Norma Jean and Stanford Calderwood Discretionary Fund, Norma Jean Calderwood Acquisition Fund, Marilyn M. Simpson Fund, Otis Norcross Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, William E. Nickerson Fund, Egyptian Curator's Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Elizabeth Marie Paramino Fund in memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Walter and Celia Gilbert Acquisition Fund, Marshall H. Gould Fund, Arthur Mason Knapp Fund, John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund, Miguel and Barbara de Bragança Fund, Brian J. Brille Acquisition Fund, Barbara W. and Joanne A. Herman Fund, MFA Senior Associates and MFA Associates Fund for Egyptian Acquisitions, and by exchange from an anonymous gift
Accession number2003.244
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1947: with Khawam Brothers, Cairo [1]; 1951: collection of Ernest Kofler, Lucerne, Switzerland; February 12, 1986: purchased by Jack A. Josephson through Lucien Viola, L’Ibis Gallery, New York;
[1] According to Jack A. Josephson the head was photographed at Khawam Brothers shop in 1947 by J. Cooney, curator from the Brooklyn Museum; see Jack A. Josephson, "Art History: Does it Have a Role in Egyptology?," GM 258 (2019): 87.
(Accession Date: May 21, 2003)
[1] According to Jack A. Josephson the head was photographed at Khawam Brothers shop in 1947 by J. Cooney, curator from the Brooklyn Museum; see Jack A. Josephson, "Art History: Does it Have a Role in Egyptology?," GM 258 (2019): 87.
(Accession Date: May 21, 2003)
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