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Relief of Sandaled Feet of a Royal Woman

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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-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 relief depicting two sets of depicted feet and legs.

This artifact features a detailed relief of two sets of feet and legs, possibly walking forward. The relief is carved into a stone surface, showcasing stylized musculature and anatomical precision consistent with ancient Egyptian artistic conventions. The background is lined, suggesting movement or alignment, and the overall style is typical of Egyptian representation focusing on formality and frontality.

decorative New Kingdom good
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Royals Nefertiti
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 60.197.7 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 78060 tier-2
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