Head of a Man
Description
<p>The care-worn facial features first seen on sculptures of King Sesostris III appear again in the royal sculpture of some of his successors. The faces on statues commissioned by and for private individuals share many of the conventions applied to the monarchs. Unlike some royal portraits, however, this official's mouth betrays a slight smile, lending it an air of dignified confidence.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.402' rel='external'>Head of a Man</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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 stone sculpted head of a man, shown frontally, wearing a Nemes-style striped headdress or headcloth.
The image shows the upper portion of an ancient Egyptian male statue head carved in dark, fine-grained stone. The face is smooth with a calm expression: arched brows, almond-shaped eyes, a defined nose, and a closed mouth with a slight smile. The head is covered by a short, broad headcloth with vertical ridged striping (Nemes-like), visible across the forehead and down the sides. There is no visible beard. The piece is mounted on a dark rectangular display base. No hieroglyphs or cartouches are visible on the head or base in this view, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.402 tier-2
- Walters-id 13512 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
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