Statuette of a Dancing Male
Description
Caption: Statuette of a Dancing Male, 2nd–3rd century C.E.. Terracotta, 5 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 9/16 in. (12.9 x 7.7 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.219. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Fragmentary sculpture of a figure in a dynamic pose.
The image depicts a fragmentary sculpture with a roughly textured surface, possibly depicting a human figure in a dynamic stance. The head and upper body are discernible, although details are heavily eroded, which obscures finer features. The sculpture appears to be crafted from stone, possibly limestone, and exhibits signs of weathering or damage, suggesting it might be an ancient artifact or found in a fragmentary state. The style is minimalist due to the missing parts and erosion, making precise identification challenging.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.219 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9485 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.