Torso of a Saite King
Description
Object Label: The idealized modeling of this torso harks back to royal sculpture of Dynasty IV (circa 2600–2475 B.C.). Art historians use the term "archaism" to describe such a conscious evocation of earlier models in art. Archaism played a dominant role in the creative achievements of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, perhaps in an effort to legitimize royal claims by linking the dynasty to Egypt's glorious past. Caption: Torso of a Saite King, ca. 664–570 B.C.E.. Schist, 6 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 1 9/16 in. (15.4 x 12.2 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.95. (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 stone torso fragment of an ancient Egyptian statue.
This image depicts a fragmentary stone torso of an ancient Egyptian statue. The statue is crafted from a dark stone, possibly granite or basalt, and shows the upper body, including the chest and partial arms. The surface is smooth, indicating skilled workmanship, with some erosion visible. Despite its fragmentary condition, the piece retains a sense of lifelike realism and proportion typical of Egyptian sculpture.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 58.95 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3658 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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