Nefertiti and Her Daughter
Description
Object Label: Egyptian art made in the centuries before Akhenaten came to the throne gives few clues to the lives or feelings of members of the royal family. Artisans working in the Amarna Period, however, began representing scenes of intimacy between the king, the queen, and their six daughters. This relief, for example, shows Nefertiti kissing one of her daughters full on the lips. The relief is also noteworthy for the evidence it provides of the violence directed at images of Nefertiti after her death. Although the princess's image has not been touched, the queen's face has been badly damaged. Caption: Nefertiti and Her Daughter, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 8 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 17 1/2 in. (22.2 x 3.4 x 44.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.197.8. (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.
Painted limestone relief fragment showing a seated/kneeling figure profile and a second smaller figure or object below, within a rectangular incised border. Faint pigment remains, including blue in the hair/wig area.
The object appears to be a horizontally oriented limestone relief fragment with portions broken away along the edges. On the left, a human head in profile with a blue-painted wig is visible; the face is worn/eroded but the wig pattern and blue pigment are preserved. Below and to the right of the head, a second form (possibly a smaller figure or a draped element) is partially preserved, with some light-toned modeling and remaining pigment. The right half contains an incised rectangular panel/border with scattered pigment marks (including blue/possibly greenish traces) but no clearly legible hieroglyphs are visible at this resolution. Overall the piece preserves painted details consistent with New Kingdom relief work, though specific iconographic identification (e.g., named royal figures) cannot be confirmed from the visible marks alone.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 60.197.8 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3700 tier-2
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