Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Kneeling statue of Hatshepsut
Description
Granite, 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.
Granite statue of a seated pharaoh holding an offering table.
The image depicts a well-preserved granite statue of a seated pharaoh, characterized by a traditional nemes headdress and a false beard. The pharaoh holds an offering table, indicating an aspect of religious or funerary significance. The statue exhibits typical Egyptian stylistic features, with a focus on symmetry and idealized facial features. The stonework is carefully detailed, showing skill in the representation of human anatomy.
royal
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
granite
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280769 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.3.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546756 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.