Relief of Sandaled Feet of a Royal Woman
Description
Object Label: Traditional Egyptian relief rendered both feet as seen from the inside, with the big toe closer to the viewer. In the Eighteenth Dynasty, however, artists began to experiment with more accurate representations, first in tomb painting and then in sculpture and relief. This relief, representing all five toes of the right foot, is one of the first examples of a break with the earlier tradition. The standardized shape of the block and the realistic modeling are characteristic of the Amarna period. While several royal women of Amarna wore floor-length pleated garments like these, the life-size scale points to Queen Nefertiti as the owner of these feet. Caption: Relief of Sandaled Feet of a Royal Woman, 1352–1332 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 8 7/8 x 21 3/4 in. (22.6 x 55.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.197.7. (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.
Stone relief showing a pair of sandaled feet (lower legs/soles) carved in shallow relief, set within a rectilinear border panel.
The artifact is a horizontally oriented limestone relief fragment with a recessed band forming a panel. Across the upper portion, two sandaled feet are carved facing forward, with the sandals indicated by raised outlines and strap-like lines. The left and right feet are separated by a central gap, and the toes and sandal contours are rendered in low relief. The background around the feet is plain, while the ends of the panel are bounded by vertical moulding/edges. Surface wear, chips, and small losses are visible along the edges. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible in the provided image; no deities or royal iconography can be securely identified from this fragment alone. Faint discoloration and patchy remains suggest pigment was present, but specific colors/patterns are not clearly discernible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 60.197.7 tier-2
- BKM-Object 78060 tier-2
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