Statuette of Imhotep
Unknown
ca. 400–200 B.C. · Red quartzite · Egyptian Art
Statuettes of seated figures, most often in bronze, represented Imhotep, the chief architect of Djoser during whose reign the first pyramid was built. Centuries and millennia later, he was still venerated, as this statuette shows.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 400–200 B.C.
- Medium
- Red quartzite
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
