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The painted limestone bust of Ankhhaf is an ancient Egyptian sculpture dating from the Old Kingdom. It is considered the work "of a master" of ancient Egyptian art, and can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [1] Its catalog number is Museum Expedition 27.442.
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Ankhhaf had the titles "eldest king's son of his body" (sa nswt n khtf smsw), "vizier" and "the great one of Five of the house of Thoth" (wr djw pr-Djehuti).[4]Ankhhaf is thought to have been involved with the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza and likely played a role in the construction of the Sphinx [citation needed].
Naturalism in art, the accurate depiction of the visual appearance of things, is not necessarily portraiture. It is sometimes distinguished (although the usage of both terms is highly variable) from realism , "which is the rendering of the qualities, (inner and outer), of a particular person" [ 20 ] However, both avoid the abstractive nature of ...
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Description: Aspects of twentieth century painting : [catalogue of an exhibition] lent by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, shown at the Worcester Art Museum, February 7 through April 7, 1963
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