Cast of a Head of Queen Nefertiti
Description
Caption: Cast of a Head of Queen Nefertiti, early 20th century. Plaster, 12 × 7 5/16 × 8 7/16 in. (30.5 × 18.5 × 21.5 cm) with base: 16 × 7 5/16 × 8 7/16 in. (40.6 × 18.5 × 21.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 33.501. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A modern plaster cast of a stylized Egyptian queen’s head, shown frontally on a dark wooden stand.
The image shows a head-and-neck sculpture presented in three-quarter/front view, with a smooth, greenish-gray surface consistent with a painted or patinated cast. The figure has arched, painted eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes with dark outlines, a defined nose, and a closed mouth. There is a dark wig/covering indicated at the sides and around the back of the head, and the crown/ladder-like headdress typical of royal Amarna-period queens is not clearly legible in the photo due to lighting and surface smoothing. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or separate inscriptions are visible on the head or base. The object is mounted on a rectangular dark wooden pedestal against a plain gallery wall. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 33.501 tier-2
- BKM-Object 37030 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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