Hatshepsut's Gift Sold 10x8 Oil on Gold Leaf © Margret E. Short, OPA, AWA 2009 Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon, September & October Hatshepsut's Gift is the first painting attempted using the Egyptian pigments and was a huge challenge. As I have said many … [Read more...] about Hatshepsut’s Gift
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Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut, Metropolitan Museum of Art In ancient Egypt the familial connections were very creative and unusual, and this gets a little confusing here but stick with me. Thutmosis ll was king just prior to 1500 BC. When he died his son, Thutmosis lll, automatically became king, although he was still an infant. Hatshepsut who was the baby's aunt … [Read more...] about Hatshepsut