The truth is that, with a few exceptions, the art of the early part of the 18th Dynasty was far from outstanding in quality. It was not until the reign of Thutmose III that we begin to see truly exceptional and consistent portraits of the pharaoh. Hatshepsut, for her own part, scarcely appears with the same face in any of her statues or reliefs and, therefore, it has been difficult to ascertain any sort of good idea of her actual features. The same applies to the statues of Senenmut, although one suspects that, there, an attempt was made to give him the countenance of his royal mistress--or perhaps even that of Thutmose II, if he was already holding the office of governor to Princess Neferura during the latter's reign. There is no recognizable Senenmut among these statues, although he is quite often shown with the small princess. On the other hand, there are some more informal portraits that do indicate some effort to portray the great official as he looked to the draughtsmen, these being varied masters of their medium. These renderings also do not agree in any overwhelming sense, but they do have certain factors in common. The artists apparently saw a man with a long nose with open nostrils and some characteristic lines or wrinkles near his mouth and elsewhere. These would agree with what is evident from the face of Unknown Man C. It is also apparent that these draughtsmen, either unskilled or accustomed to drawing the very different features of the Thutmosid royals, with their chubby faces and weak chins, had difficulty with the face of Senenmut. Below are four different examples:
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