Ancient Egypt · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 544450
Seated Statue of Hatshepsut
Unknown Egyptian sculptor, ca. 1479–1458 BCE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Rogers Fund, 1929. The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown Egyptian sculptor
- Date
- ca. 1479–1458 BCE
- Medium
- Indurated limestone and paint
- Dimensions
- 197 × 53 × 115 cm
- Era
- Ancient Egypt
Why it matters
Created for Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri, this monumental figure joins the visual language of Egyptian kingship with the individualized presence of one of antiquity’s most consequential rulers.