Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Sculptor's Model of a Head of a King

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Description

Caption: Sculptor's Model of a Head of a King, 3rd–1st century B.C.E.. Limestone, 6 3/4 × 3 7/8 × 3 11/16 in. (17.2 × 9.9 × 9.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1005.

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.

A carved stone head of an ancient Egyptian figure with a headdress.

The image depicts a carved stone head, likely of a royal or religious figure, characterized by a distinct headdress commonly seen in Egyptian sculpture. The style is simplistic yet indicative of ancient Egyptian artistic conventions, with symmetrical features and an emphasis on the headdress.

royal New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 34.1005 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 38352 tier-2
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