Bust of Thutmose III
Egypt, 1458–1425 BCE, granodiorite
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
This impressive bust depicts an Egyptian king wearing
a royal headdress with a uraeus – the rearing cobra – at
the brow. Though the part of the inscription containing
his name has not survived, the bust displays the
distinctive characteristics of portraits of Thutmose III
and thus most probably represents that king. Based
on its style it has been dated to the period when the
king led the victorious campaigns that established the
Egyptian Empire in Canaan.