From the artist's life
The Bust of Nefertiti was discovered in 1912 in the ruins of Thutmose's workshop in Amarna, complete with one inlaid eye left mysteriously unfinished.
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Thutmose
Thutmose (active c. 1350 BC) was an ancient Egyptian master sculptor in the court of Akhenaten, credited with the celebrated Bust of Nefertiti — one of the most admired faces in all of art.
The Nefertiti bust, found in Thutmose's workshop, remains an emblem of beauty more than 3,300 years later.
- Court sculptor to the pharaoh Akhenaten in the Amarna period.
- Credited with the iconic painted Bust of Nefertiti.
- His workshop, found intact, revealed how Egyptian sculptors worked.
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c. 1350 BCE