Statue of Wesirnakht
Probably Macedonian Dynasty (332–305 BCE)
- Medium
- Granite
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 16.5 × 6.6 × 8.5 cm (6 1/4 × 2 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Africa
- Credit line
- W. Moses Willner Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This statue demonstrates the permanence of Egyptian artistic styles. The man’s kilt, his broad collar, and even the style of his wig deliberately copy earlier styles, which harken back more than 2000 years. Wesirnakht is portrayed kneeling before a god with his arms on his thighs in a pose of reverence.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
