Jean-Claude Golvin

Pharaoh’s jubilee kiosk

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Blue ink, Gouache (highlights), Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

29.4 × 20.9 cm (Overall) 28.1 × 20.1 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Evocation

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Front view of the Pharaoh’s jubilee kiosk or Sed festival. The drawing is in portrait format. It is framed in ink. Inscriptions and traces of watercolor are visible in the margins. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
The Pharaoh is shown seated in a kiosk, seen from behind. He is dressed in white and wears the red crown of Lower Egypt (dechret). He holds in his hands the insignia of power, the scepter (heka) and the whip (mekhakha). He is escorted by two priests waving fans.

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