Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Carpenter Making a Chair, Tomb of Rekhmire
Description
Tempera on paper
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.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian man seated while working on a chair.
The artifact shows a man in a seated position engaged in carpentry, crafting or repairing a chair. The artistic style features strong outlines and solid colors typical of ancient Egyptian art. The man is wearing a short kilt, and the chair appears to be a traditional style common in daily Egyptian life representation.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
paintplaster
Cross-references (4)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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