Statue of king Horemheb with the god Amun
Unknown Artist
Horemheb stands beside the god Amun, who is taller to indicate that he is more important than the pharaoh himself.
The style of the statue is typical of the period immediately following the religious and artistic revolution of king Akhenaten. The muscles are not emphasized, the contours are soft, the belly and hips rounded, the faces juvenile, the eyes almond-shaped, the cheeks and lips full and sensual. Some scholars believe that this was a statue of Tutankhamon later usurped by Horemheb. However, distinguishing between the faces of these two kings is especially difficult, and the inscription does not show any trace of erasure and rewriting.
Period: New Kingdom Dynasty: Eighteenth Dynasty Reign: Horemheb Provenance: Thebes Acquisition: Drovetti collection (1824)