Beni-Hassan, and in several of the Theban tombs, there arerepresentations of the painter at work. When he had to spreada single tint over a large surface—brown, for instance, upon thewhole superficies of a limestone statue—we see him seated upona kind of stool, his pot of colour in his left hand,… … IG. 263.—Outline for a portrait of Amenophis III. ChampolUon, pi. 232. tints at his command must have been required. He then makesuse of a palette. Specimens of these palettes are to be seen inevery museum. They are rectangular pieces of wood, of alabaster,or of enamelled earthenware. They usually…
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