Voice of Egypt No. 10 is a painting by Dutch artist Jean Thomassen (born 5 September 1949), whose unusual and unpredictable paintings have made him an international leader in the genre of 'absurd realism'. He lives in Heiloo in the Netherlands. The painter's muse Ine Veen appears twice in this painting. The larger depiction shows her as an Egyptian priestess enacting a necromantic ritual, calling up the spirits from the underworld. The calls are answered by shabtis in the background. The figure of the god Bes wearing a feathered headdress is shown next to the shabtis and the figure of the god Osiris stands in a kiosk on the right, above the lion, with two further shabtis appearing in adjacent kiosks. Many typical Jean Thomassen elements also appear in this painting, such as a scarab on wheels (complete with a wind-up key) and a cat peering over the top of a temple. References