Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Fragmentary Head of a Man

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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 plaster head, likely part of a larger statue.

The image depicts a fragmentary head made of painted plaster, characterized by vivid red pigmentation on the face with white highlights around the eyes. The hair is shown with contrasts of dark pigmentation, suggesting a headdress or stylized hairpiece. The piece appears to have been once part of a larger statue or relief.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials plaster

Connections

Materials Plaster
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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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