Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue

Head of a Man

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 22.402. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 22.402
Dynasty: 13th Dynasty
Date: ca. 1783-1700 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
Date range: 1783 BCE – 1700 BCE
Materials: ['granodiorite']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Head of a Man (22.402). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220846

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<p>The care-worn facial features first seen on sculptures of King Sesostris III appear again in the royal sculpture of some of his successors. The faces on statues commissioned by and for private individuals share many of the conventions applied to the monarchs. Unlike some royal portraits, however, this official's mouth betrays a slight smile, lending it an air of dignified confidence.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.402' rel='external'>Head of a Man</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Royals Senwosret III

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Walters-AccNum 22.402 tier-2
Walters-id 13512 tier-2

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