<em>King Senwosret III</em>, ca. 1836–1818 B.C.E. Granite, 21 7/16 x 7 1/2 x 13 11/16 in. (54.5 x 19 x 34.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 52.1_front_PS2.jpg)

King Senwosret III, ca. 1836–1818 B.C.E. Granite, 21 7/16 x 7 1/2 x 13 11/16 in. (54.5 x 19 x 34.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 52.1_front_PS2.jpg)

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King Senwosret III

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor

A masterpiece of Middle Kingdom royal sculpture, this statue of the Twelfth Dynasty king Senwosret III encapsulates one basic theme of this installation: the interaction between permanence and change. By the time an artist carved this piece, the seated pose had been part of Egyptian tradition for more than eight hundred years; most of the elements of the costume had been around even longer. However, the style of carving—note Senwosret’s expressive face—had been in vogue for less than a generation.

MEDIUM Granite

Possible Place Collected: Hierakonpolis, Egypt

DATES ca. 1836–1818 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 12

PERIOD Middle Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 21 7/16 x 7 1/2 x 13 11/16 in. (54.5 x 19 x 34.7 cm) (show scale)

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COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 52.1

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented, probably Medamud or Hierakonpolis, Egypt; before 1951, acquired by Moharreb Todrous of Luxor, Egypt; before 1951, inherited from Moharreb Todrous by his eldest daughter; 1951, purchased from eldest daughter by Jacques Matossian of Alexandria, Egypt; before 1952, acquired from Jacques Matossian by Marguerite Mallon; January 1952, purchased from Marguerite Mallon by the Brooklyn Museum.

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor

CAPTION King Senwosret III, ca. 1836–1818 B.C.E. Granite, 21 7/16 x 7 1/2 x 13 11/16 in. (54.5 x 19 x 34.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 52.1_front_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE front, 52.1_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009

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