Statue of the Vizier Iuy
A wooden statue of the vizier Iuy standing in a long robe with arms at his sides, from about 1700 B.C., striking for its slender, elongated body and small face. Full commentary ↓
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Statue of the Vizier Iuy is a wooden object by an unknown maker (ca. 1700 B.C.) in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It measures H. 89.5 cm (35 1/4 in.).
In the pictureA man made of reddish-brown wood stands in a long robe reaching to his ankles. His body is thin and elongated, his arms hang down against his sides, and his face is small with a cracked surface. The front edges of the robe overlap diagonally, and the figure is close to 90cm tall.
BackgroundThe vizier was the highest office in Egypt after the king. The long robe was the vizier's formal dress, and this statue is a rare example showing that attire. Wood made it easier than stone to carve a thin, elongated body, which allowed these proportions, and it was probably originally coated with gesso and painted. The surface has cracked with age, but the lines of the body remain intact.
Puzzle tipThe photograph is extremely tall and narrow, so the pieces are long and slim. Fit the face, the two hands and the line of the robe's overlapping front first, and for the even brown pieces of the body use the cracked grain of the wood as a clue. The background is a light, plain color, so frame the outline pieces first. 24 or 48 pieces is about right.
- Period
- Second Intermediate Period
- Dynasty
- Late Dynasty 13-early Dynasty 17
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H. 89.5 cm (35 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1923
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
Stories about this work
- Not Royal, Yet Remembered in Stone: An Egyptian Vizier, Nurse, and Mason
A vizier, a nurse, an overseer of stonemasons, an unknown official. People who were not royal could also set up statues of themselves in their tombs. The named commoners of Egyptian art.
