A reproduction of the bust of Amenhotep II in the Louvre Museum of Paris (XVIIIth Dynasty) with the hairstyle of the Sphinx, wearing the striped nemes of the kings. At the back, the nemes ends in a bow, and the front has an erected cobra, the symbol and protector of royalty. His eyes are horizontally long, an effect achieved by a band of makeup and stylized Egyptian eyebrows. The rounded chin of this pharaoh was lengthened by a finely woven beard. The bust statue was originally part of the sculpture of a sphinx, evidenced by the inclination of the nemes on the shoulder.
Amenhotep II, sixth king of Dynasty 18, was the son and co-regent of Thutmose III. He was buried in Tomb 35 of the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, where his mummy was found still resting in its original sarcophagus. His principal activities as king were to preserve the hegemony over most of Nubia and the Levant that the military campaigns of Thutmose III had established.
- Subject Matter: Sphinx head of a young Amenhotep II
- Inventory Number: 2014.1.81
- Collections: Sacred World Art Collection