The portrait of _________ and Khamerernebty, from 2490-2472 BCE, represents this Old Kingdom pharaoh with one of his wives. This statue follows traditional conventions of Ancient Egyptian art and is an excellent example of traditional pharaonic portraiture.

Menkaure was a Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty and the one who ordered the construction of the pyramid which take his name. The statue in question is a traditional Egyptian art because portraying only what is necessary to be understood that there is a representation of the Pharao and his wife (or one of them). The main aspect of Egyptian art was the glorification, and divination of their rulers. Egyptian sculptors represented the pharaohs and gods in a serene position, almost always facing each other, without showing any emotion. With this, they intended to translate, in stone, an illusion of immortality. To that end, they often exaggerated the proportions of the human body, giving the represented figures an impression of strength and majesty