Seti I

Statuette of King Seti I. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 751

Statuette of Seti I

This small statuette depicts King Seti I, father of Ramesses II as a Standard Bearer. The statuette is a portrait of the king in which grace and grandeur are mixed. The sensitive face is framed by the short, round, thick wig decorated at the front with the uraeus, or royal cobra. The narrow slits of...