Enthroned deity

Enthroned deity

Unknown artist

Details

Dimensions
5 3/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 11/16 in. (13.7 × 3.7 × 4.3 cm)
Origin
Canaanite
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Gift of George D. Pratt, 1932

Art Genome Taxonomy

7 tags

Subject Matter

  • Human Figure Both · 99%

    The image depicts a modeled human body, while the catalog lists Men among the subjects.

  • 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

  • Metallic Visual · 95%

    Surviving gold-colored areas have a distinctly reflective metallic appearance, contrasted with darkened portions of the surface.

Medium and Techniques

  • Sculpture Metadata · 99%

    The catalog classifies the object as Sculpture, and the image clearly shows a three-dimensional figure.

Time Periods

  • Ancient Art Metadata · 99%

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art dates the work to ca. 14th–13th century BCE.

Materials

  • Bronze Metadata · 99%

    The catalog specifies bronze as one of the materials.

  • Gold Metadata · 99%

    The catalog specifies gold foil as one of the materials; extensive reflective gold-colored foil is visible on the figure.

Source & rights

Unknown artist. Enthroned deity. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.