Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon
Description
Limestone, paint
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 painted limestone statue depicting a man, woman, and child.
The artifact is a painted limestone statue featuring three figures: an adult male and female, and a child. The male figure is in the center, holding hands with the female figure who wears a white dress, while the child holds the male's arm. The figures are painted with red and white pigments, typical of private art, with styles indicating domestic attire. The artwork appears well-preserved with clear details on clothing and facial features.
daily life
Old Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
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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