Enthroned deity
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Bronze, gold foil
- Dimensions
- 5 3/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 11/16 in. (13.7 × 3.7 × 4.3 cm)
- Origin
- Canaanite
- Department
- Ancient West Asian Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of George D. Pratt, 1932
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Human Figure Both · 99%
The image depicts a modeled human body, while the catalog lists Men among the subjects.
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Deities and Holy Figures Both · 99%
The title is “Enthroned deity,” the catalog lists Deities as a subject, and the image shows an anthropomorphic figure with a formal headdress and seated pose.
Visual Qualities
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Metallic Visual · 95%
Surviving gold-colored areas have a distinctly reflective metallic appearance, contrasted with darkened portions of the surface.
Medium and Techniques
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Sculpture Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as Sculpture, and the image clearly shows a three-dimensional figure.
Time Periods
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Ancient Art Metadata · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art dates the work to ca. 14th–13th century BCE.
Materials
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Enthroned deity. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.