>The profile of this head is strikingly similar to that shown on a relief depicting the same king… The similarities in these pieces, one in two-dimensions and the other in three, demonstrate that images of an Egyptian king were probably based on an officially sanctioned likeness that combined recognizable features into an idealized portrait of the monarch in question.
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From [the Met](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544453):
>The profile of this head is strikingly similar to that shown on a relief depicting the same king… The similarities in these pieces, one in two-dimensions and the other in three, demonstrate that images of an Egyptian king were probably based on an officially sanctioned likeness that combined recognizable features into an idealized portrait of the monarch in question.