Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Head of a King
Description
Object Label: Granite is extremely hard, but the sculptor of this statue was able to give the king’s plump face and small features a softly natural quality, perhaps suggesting the subject’s actual appearance rather than an idealized version. Originally, this fragment surmounted an oversize figure, achieving the same monumental quality as the pyramids being built at this time. Caption: Head of a King, ca. 2650–2600 B.C.E.. Granite, 22 × 12 × 13 in. (55.9 × 30.5 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 46.167. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Connections
Found at
Egypt
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 46.167 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3482 tier-2
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