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Private Gallery Tour – Pharaoh Amenemhat II in the Great Hall

With Dorothea Arnold, Lila Acheson Wallace Chairman of Egyptian Art.

On August 15, 2011, a colossal statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat II (ca. 1919–1885 b.c.) was installed in the Museum’s Great Hall. It is on long-term loan from the Ӓgyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, where its final place of display is under construction. The imposing statue will now give Metropolitan Museum visitors the opportunity to experience ancient Egypt’s monumental art at a scale rarely seen this side of the Atlantic. Discover why the statue, whose original inscription is lost, has been attributed to Amenemhat II of Dynasty 12. Learn about this masterpiece’s most important features and the long history from its creation, to its unearthing in the early nineteenth century at Tanis in the northeastern Nile Delta, to its acquisition by the Berlin Museum in 1837.

Includes luncheon with the curator at 12:15 p.m.











When: Mon., Mar. 12, 2012 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
212-535-7710
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With Dorothea Arnold, Lila Acheson Wallace Chairman of Egyptian Art.

On August 15, 2011, a colossal statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat II (ca. 1919–1885 b.c.) was installed in the Museum’s Great Hall. It is on long-term loan from the Ӓgyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, where its final place of display is under construction. The imposing statue will now give Metropolitan Museum visitors the opportunity to experience ancient Egypt’s monumental art at a scale rarely seen this side of the Atlantic. Discover why the statue, whose original inscription is lost, has been attributed to Amenemhat II of Dynasty 12. Learn about this masterpiece’s most important features and the long history from its creation, to its unearthing in the early nineteenth century at Tanis in the northeastern Nile Delta, to its acquisition by the Berlin Museum in 1837.

Includes luncheon with the curator at 12:15 p.m.

Buy tickets/get more info now