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After doing two entries for the "Ancient Egypt" contest hosted by feline-icity [link] I decided to just keep going with the theme.

Using a stock photo as base/reference this was painted in photoshop 6 with a wacom tablet.

Hatshepsut (or Hatchepsut)meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies,was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty.
Although poor records of her reign are documented in diverse ancient sources, Hatshepsut was described by early modern scholars as only having served as a co-regent from about 1479 to 1458 B.C., during years seven to twenty-one of the reign previously identified as that of Thutmose III. Today it is generally recognized that Hatshepsut assumed the position of pharaoh and the length of her reign usually is given as twenty-two years, since she was assigned a reign of twenty-one years and nine months by the third-century B.C. historian, Manetho, who had access to many records that now are lost. Her death is known to have occurred in 1458 B.C., which implies that she became pharaoh circa 1479 B.C.

She wanted to rule like a male, not to be outdone by the previous male pharaohs. She demanded to be called king, and his majesty.

To read more on her and her rule go here: [link]

Model/Stock image: lyka-stock [link]

All textures are either from my personal collection or from dreamstime: [link]

Other paintings in this series:

Nefertiti [link]

Cleopatra [link]

For High Quality prints of my artwork, pocket mirrors and cards please visit my etsy shop found here ---> [link]

Please respect my copyright on this artwork, please do not use without permission!
© 2010 Jessica Grundy
All Rights are Retained by the Artist (me).

Description
After doing two entries for the "Ancient Egypt" contest hosted by feline-icity [link] I decided to just keep going with the theme.

Using a stock photo as base/reference this was painted in photoshop 6 with a wacom tablet.

Hatshepsut (or Hatchepsut)meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies,was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty.
Although poor records of her reign are documented in diverse ancient sources, Hatshepsut was described by early modern scholars as only having served as a co-regent from about 1479 to 1458 B.C., during years seven to twenty-one of the reign previously identified as that of Thutmose III. Today it is generally recognized that Hatshepsut assumed the position of pharaoh and the length of her reign usually is given as twenty-two years, since she was assigned a reign of twenty-one years and nine months by the third-century B.C. historian, Manetho, who had access to many records that now are lost. Her death is known to have occurred in 1458 B.C., which implies that she became pharaoh circa 1479 B.C.

She wanted to rule like a male, not to be outdone by the previous male pharaohs. She demanded to be called king, and his majesty.

To read more on her and her rule go here: [link]

Model/Stock image: lyka-stock [link]

All textures are either from my personal collection or from dreamstime: [link]

Other paintings in this series:

Nefertiti [link]

Cleopatra [link]

For High Quality prints of my artwork, pocket mirrors and cards please visit my etsy shop found here ---> [link]

Please respect my copyright on this artwork, please do not use without permission!
© 2010 Jessica Grundy
All Rights are Retained by the Artist (me).