2598 - Nefertiti.

Nefertiti. Plaster, painted with a beautiful patina. Screwed to a wooden base. Cast in 1931. State Plaster Foundry, Berlin. Berlin Master/Designer: Based on the 1921 model by Tina Haim-Wentscher. Dimensions: Height without base 50 cm (corresponds to the size of the original). Dimensions including the base: 57 x 21 x 35 cm. This copy of the antique original faithfully reproduces all the chips and damage found on the original model and, accordingly, also faithfully captures the queen’s delicate facial features. The round mark of the State Plaster Foundry is stamped on the back. On the underside, model no. 539, the date “II.31,” and the mold maker’s mark “MK” are scratched into the wet plaster. The painter’s mark “BB” in black stands for B. Besser. The area on the left side that was chipped on the original is hatched in blue. - This bust is a historical copy of an ancient original dating from between 1353 and 1336 B.C., which has been in the collection of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin since 1920. The sculptor Tina Haim-Wentscher was commissioned as early as 1913–14 to create a copy based on the original bust, intended at the time for James Simon and Emperor Wilhelm II. After the bust was transferred to the museum on permanent loan in 1920, Haim-Wentscher was again commissioned to create another version to serve as a model for reproducing the bust. D