Heart Amulet with Head of a Scarab
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Object Label
Sickert explores the meeting of sea and overcast sky in this image of the beach at Dieppe, a resort town on the coast of Normandy. While using a vertically oriented format, Sickert cleanly divides his composition into flat, horizontal bands and applies the blue green of the calm sea and the gray of the low-hanging clouds in thick but evenly applied strokes that run the width of the panel. Although Sickert defines the horizon line with linear precision, he reveals a lighter, more improvisational touch in the puffy white clouds, the patch of blue sky, and the throngs of holiday makers who mark the water’s edge.
Caption
Heart Amulet with Head of a Scarab, ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E.. Jade (probably), 9/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 7/8 in. (1.5 x 2.7 x 4.8 cm) Weight: 0.1 lb. (31.7 g). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.492E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.492E_top_PS2.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Title
Heart Amulet with Head of a Scarab
Date
ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 18 to Dynasty 19
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Jade (probably)
Classification
Dimensions
9/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 7/8 in. (1.5 x 2.7 x 4.8 cm) Weight: 0.1 lb. (31.7 g)
Inscriptions
Yes
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.492E
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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