This illustration of a painting on a tomb wall in Meidum shows three geese. The time period is Dynasty 4, the reign of Snefru (c. 2575-2551 ). wall in the tomb chapel of Itet, the wife of the vizier Nefermaat, and likely the daughter-in-law of Snefru. As members of the royal family, the pair was granted a large mastaba tomb close to the pyramid of the king and could employ the most sought-after artists of the day to help in its decoration. The geese were depicted below a scene showing men trapping birds in a clap net and offering them to the tomb’s owner.
This illustration of a painting on a tomb wall in Meidum shows three geese. The time period is Dynasty 4, the reign of Snefru (c. 2575-2551 ). wall in the tomb chapel of Itet, the wife of the vizier Nefermaat, and likely the daughter-in-law of Snefru. As members of the royal family, the pair was granted a large mastaba tomb close to the pyramid of the king and could employ the most sought-after artists of the day to help in its decoration. The geese were depicted below a scene showing men trapping birds in a clap net and offering them to the tomb’s owner. While it is not uncommon to find scenes of fowling in the marshes in Old Kingdom tombs, this example is one of the earliest and is notable for the extraordinary quality of the painting. The artist took great care in rendering the colors and textures of the birds’ feathers and even included serrated bills on the two geese bending to graze. The illustration is credited to the Belgium art historian Jean Capart (1877-1947) and Emil Roemmler (died 1941).
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Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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