Bas-relief of Nefertari. 56 x 43 x 3 cm.

Description

Reproduction made of marble resin (marble powder + resin). The patinas of ageing are applied with natural earth.

Measurements: Height: 56 cm. Width: 43 cm. Depth: 3 cm.

The piece reproduced here is a bas-relief of Queen Nefertari, inspired by the engravings of Ancient Egypt.

Nefertari Meryetmut was an Egyptian queen of the 19th Dynasty, the Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II the Great (c. 1303 BC – c. 1213 BC), whom she married as a teenager, before he was made pharaoh.  As royal wife she developed a brilliant political and religious capacity which she projected into the Egyptian empire.