Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 269
ead ofPsammetichus III. (Fig. 459). The muti-lated queen at Cairo, which dates fromthe Ethiopian period (Fig. 460) is a littlerough, perhaps because of the materia)in which it is carved, the pink graniteof the cataract, but it does not lackdecision and nobility. The portrait ofMentemhet (Fig. 461),… … FIG. 480.—ALEXANDER AIGOS (Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) THE SAITE AGE which he thought well to crown himselfon this occasion, was not calculated totemper the mulish vulgarity of his counten-ance; all the more credit is due to theartist for having built up a work of suchpower that it remains…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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