Relief: two servants bearing food and drink
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 35 1/16 × 25 3/16 × 7 5/8 in. (89 × 64 × 19.3 cm)
- Origin
- Achaemenid
- Department
- Ancient West Asian Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
Art Genome Taxonomy
6 tags
Subject Matter
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Human Figure Both · 99%
The relief visibly depicts two standing human figures in profile, and the catalog identifies the subjects as men and servants.
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Food Both · 93%
The title identifies the servants as bearing food and drink; the figures visibly support a large central serving form between them.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Detailed Visual · 94%
The carved garments, headdresses, folds, hair, and other costume details are rendered with numerous incised and raised lines.
Medium and Techniques
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Relief Both · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a relief, and the image clearly shows figures projecting from a shallow, flat stone background.
Time Periods
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Ancient Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to ca. 358–338 BCE and identifies it as Achaemenid in origin, placing it within ancient art.
Materials
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Stone Both · 99%
The catalog specifies limestone, while the image shows a carved stone slab with mineral surface variation and fractured edges.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Relief: two servants bearing food and drink. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.