#staatliche museen zu berlin

[mercuriicultores]

1602, Caravaggio, Amor Vincit Omnia

[dwellerinthelibrary]

A goddess whose name partly reads "Mistress of Heaven, Mistress of Dread" ducks her snake-head under the hieroglyphs on the Amduat papyrus of Shed-Mut.

Where: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung

When: Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty

[nowoolallowed]

Sitting figure of Maja - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collections

Inventory Number: ÄM 19286 Tutmose III (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt) Location Information: Akhmim (? / Egypt / Middle Egypt)

Description:

Maja was a high official of the provincial administration. He was installed as Gouverneur and head of the Priests in the 10th upper egyptian district by king Tutmose III, who's name is written on the chest and right upper arm. His grave was found in the necropolis of the main settlement of that district and it is speculated that this figure was also from there. Maja sits upright on a simple stool. The text tells us names and titles of the deceased, as well as the sacrificial rites for the local deities. He is dressed in a short skirt, originally reserved for the kings, but later also found with private persons. He holds in his right hand a sweat cloth, while the left isflat on his skirt. The round expressionless face is, like the entire figure, structured very formal. A wig that was in keeping with the taste of the time was literally placed over the head. The two necklaces, consisting of disc pearls, as well as the massive upper and lower arm bracelets, are awards made of gold that the king had given him. They probably indicate former military service.

Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Jürgen Liepe

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[7pleiades7]

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche (1756) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787), oil on canvas, 85 × 119 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

[ttamarshall]

Bust of Nefertiti, Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1351–1334 BC, limestone, painted stucco, quartz and wax, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

[pikasus-artenews]

RICO PUHLMANN – Berlin/New York Fashion – Beauty – Portraits

Aveva poco più di 50 anni il famoso fotografo di moda Rico Puhlmann, quando un incidente aereo se lo portò via, nel pieno della carriera

[danielpiktori-blog]

Caspars ikonisches Werk - Wo Einsamkeit und Weite sich treffen

Daniel Thalheim 2021 fand der jüngste Rückblick auf das einzigartige Schaffen des Malers in Leipzig und in Düsseldorf statt. Oder war’s 2023 in Hamburg? Jedenfalls können Kunstfreunde in diesen Jahren Caspar David Friedrich pur erleben. Nun auch an den Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Berlin und am Pommerschen Landesmuseum in Greifswald. Bis Anfang August gibt sich das Werk des außergewöhnlichen…

[somethingwithmoles]

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, St. Barbara, 1502, panel painting, 172 x 113.5 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Petrus Christus (Netherlandish, 1410-1475) Portrait of a Young Woman, ca.1470 Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

[mercuriicultores]

1477, Sandro Botticelli, Madonna con il Bambino e angeli cantori

[jewellery-box]

Three-piece dress, pink moire, c. 1865 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

[nowoolallowed]

Sitting figure of Maja - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collections

Inventory Number: ÄM 19286 Tutmose III (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt) Location Information: Akhmim (? / Egypt / Middle Egypt)

Description:

Maja was a high official of the provincial administration. He was installed as Gouverneur and head of the Priests in the 10th upper egyptian district by king Tutmose III, who's name is written on the chest and right upper arm. His grave was found in the necropolis of the main settlement of that district and it is speculated that this figure was also from there. Maja sits upright on a simple stool. The text tells us names and titles of the deceased, as well as the sacrificial rites for the local deities. He is dressed in a short skirt, originally reserved for the kings, but later also found with private persons. He holds in his right hand a sweat cloth, while the left isflat on his skirt. The round expressionless face is, like the entire figure, structured very formal. A wig that was in keeping with the taste of the time was literally placed over the head. The two necklaces, consisting of disc pearls, as well as the massive upper and lower arm bracelets, are awards made of gold that the king had given him. They probably indicate former military service.

Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Jürgen Liepe

Other Images Used for Display:

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

[gentlyepigrams]

Evening dress by Callot Soeurs, 1908. Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

[romegreeceart]

Roman empresses: Valeria Messalina

* Born : 25 January 17 or 20 CE, Rome

* Died: 48 CE, Rome (Gardens of Lucullus)

* Tenure: 24 January 41- 48 CE

relatives:

* great-granddaughter of Octavia the Younger and Marcus Antonius

* great-grandniece of Augustus

* cousin of emperor Nero

* second cousin of emperor Caligula

coin:

* Minted in Knossos

* Inscription: VALERIA MESSALINA CAPITONE CYTHERO II VIR ()

* Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Provenance/Rights: Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Lutz-Jürgen Lübke (Lübke und Wiedemann) (Public Domain Mark)

Copyright Notice : CC BY-SA @ Münzkabinett

[pikasus-artenews]

FOTOGAGA. Max Ernst e la fotografia. Una visita dalla Collezione Würth

Una grande collettiva di fotografi attorno alla figura di uno dei maestri del Surrealismo, Max Ernst

[frostedmagnolias]

Women in dressing gowns with bonnets

Unbekannter Künstler (Photographer)

Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin