Sculptor's Model of a Male Head
Description
Caption: Sculptor's Model of a Male Head, 664–525 B.C.E.. Limestone, 3 5/16 x 3 1/4 in. (8.4 x 8.2 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, 16.51. (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.
A carved stone head likely representing an ancient Egyptian figure.
The artifact is a carved stone head, exhibiting a stylized representation typical of ancient Egyptian sculpture. The head features simplified facial features with prominent eyes, a flat nose, and a somber expression. The ears are noticeable, suggesting attention to human anatomy, and the hair is stylized in a traditional Egyptian manner. The sculpture shows signs of wear, common in aged stone artifacts.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.51 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9320 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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