Gifts from the Keftiu, Tomb of Rekhmire

This painting from 1479 by Nina M. Davies demonstrates the vitality of fifteenth-century European painting during the flourishing of the Early Renaissance. Nina M. Davies approaches the subject with distinctive artistic vision, producing a work of both technical accomplishment and expressive power. The final decades of the Quattrocento witnessed an explosion of artistic talent across Italy, with Florence, Venice, Ferrara, and Mantua all producing masters of the first rank.

Executed with skilled technique and attention to careful observation, the work reveals Nina M. Davies's characteristic approach to composition and surface. The treatment of light and the careful modulation of color create visual richness within a unified pictorial scheme.