Statue of Queen Ankhnes-meryre II and Her Son, Pepy II
Description
Object Label: Pepy II became king as a small child, so his mother acted as regent. This statue conveys her role, evoking the typical Egyptian pose of a mother nursing a child. Pepy is shown as a miniature king rather than a child and, instead of nursing him, the queen holds him protectively as he clasps her hand. Each figure looks straight ahead and has its own inscription, as if it were a separate statue. Caption: Statue of Queen Ankhnes-meryre II and Her Son, Pepy II, ca. 2288–2224 or 2194 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), pigment, 15 7/16 x 9 13/16 in. (39.2 x 24.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 39.119. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum) Tags Brooklyn Icons
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.
A carved Egyptian statue group shows a female figure holding or presenting a seated small male child/figure against her torso, standing on a rectangular base.
The image depicts a white/cream stone statue with a prominent seated/standing adult woman (human female form) wearing a long wig or stylized hair and a simple garment arrangement. She holds a smaller male figure at her side or in her lap area; the child/young male has a distinct head and proportions smaller than the adult. The adult figure’s arms are bent, with one arm drawn across the body and the other supporting the smaller figure. The statues appear to be carved in the round, with minimal background elements, and rest on a stepped or block-like rectangular plinth. Faint traces of painted detail are not clearly legible at this resolution, though the surface finish suggests original pigment may have been applied. A small area on the base or platform shows incised lines consistent with inscriptions, but individual signs are not clearly readable in the provided image.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 39.119 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3446 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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