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Torso

Late Period
4th century B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 128
Aunque el nombre de la persona representada se desprendió del dorso de esta estatua, el resto de la inscripción nos dice que el retratado tenía el rango de general y enumera los cargos que desempeñó en Busiris, una ciudad en el delta del Nilo, y en Abydos, centro del culto del dios Osiris en el Egipto meridional. El delicado modelado de la musculatura del brazo y del pecho presagia el estilo de la era ptolemaica. Aunque esta obra maestra es de la misma época que el arte griego del periodo clásico tardío, y es posible que los escultores egipcios conocieran algunas obras griegas, su estilo es fiel a las tradiciones egipcias que experimentaron una profunda revitalización durante la Dinastía XXX (380–343 a. C.).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Torso
  • Periodo: Periodo tardío
  • Fecha: Siglo IV a. C.
  • Material: Metagrauvaca
  • Dimensiones: 62,2 x 32,8 x 27 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, donación de Lila Acheson Wallace, donación de Henry Walters, por intercambio, donación de Asher B. Edelman, donación de Judith y Russell Carson, legado de Ernest L. Folk III, Fondo Ludlow Bull, y fondos de diversos donantes, 1996
  • Número de inventario: 1996.91
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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