Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, Dynasty 21–26, about 1069–525 BCE
Artist:
Egyptian
About this artwork
Here Re-Horakhty, a combination of the solar gods Re and Horakhty, strides forward in the form of a falcon-headed male. He is identifiable by his falcon head (once crowned with a sun disk inserted into the hole at the top of his head) and the golden hieroglyphs at the center of his belt, which read, “Re-Horakhty, Chief of the Gods.” Re-Horakhty was worshipped throughout Egypt but was particularly revered in Iunu, an ancient city located near modern Cairo that the Greeks called Heliopolis (“city of the sun”) in his honor. Statuettes of deities such as this one were set up in temples and shrines to receive offerings or presented to the gods as gifts that were later ceremonially buried.
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Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Robert H. Fleming
Reference Number
1894.261
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Art Institute of Chicago, “CLEOPATRA; THE ANCIENT WORLD,” Computer Program (Art Institute of Chicago, 1997).
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Long term loan to the Oriental Institute Museum at The University of Chicago, October 10, 1941 - January 14, 1993.
Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Rubloff 154A, April 20, 1994 - February 6, 2012.
Oriental Institute, Between Heaven & Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt, October 16, 2012 - July 28, 2013.
Art Institute of Chicago, When the Greeks Ruled: Egypt After Alexander the Great, October 31, 2013 - July 27, 2014; traveled to New York, NY, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, October 8, 2014 - January 4, 2015.
Art Institute of Chicago, Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, Feb. 11, 2022 - present.
The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Robert H. Fleming.
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