diff --git a/packages/visual-editor/src/vite-plugin/local-editor/entityFields.test.ts b/packages/visual-editor/src/vite-plugin/local-editor/entityFields.test.ts
index 1dfbb6b83..ad7d040d5 100644
--- a/packages/visual-editor/src/vite-plugin/local-editor/entityFields.test.ts
+++ b/packages/visual-editor/src/vite-plugin/local-editor/entityFields.test.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,72 @@ describe("inferEntityFields", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("does not classify an object containing an image field as type.image", () => {
+    const inferred = inferEntityFields(
+      {
+        c_aboutSection: {
+          title: "About",
+          description: {
+            html: "<p>Description</p>",
+          },
+          image: {
+            url: "https://example.com/about.jpg",
+            width: 1200,
+            height: 800,
+          },
+          cta: {
+            label: "Learn more",
+            link: "/about",
+            linkType: "URL",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        fields: [
+          "c_aboutSection.title",
+          "c_aboutSection.description.html",
+          "c_aboutSection.image",
+          "c_aboutSection.cta",
+        ],
+      }
+    );
+
+    const aboutSection = inferred.fields.find(
+      (field) => field.name === "c_aboutSection"
+    );
+
+    expect(aboutSection?.definition.typeRegistryId).toBe("type.object");
+    expect(aboutSection?.children?.fields).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: "description",
+          displayName: "About Section > Description",
+          definition: expect.objectContaining({
+            typeRegistryId: "type.rich_text_v2",
+          }),
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: "image",
+          definition: expect.objectContaining({
+            typeRegistryId: "type.image",
+          }),
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: "cta",
+          definition: expect.objectContaining({
+            typeRegistryId: "type.cta",
+          }),
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: "title",
+          definition: expect.objectContaining({
+            typeRegistryId: "type.string",
+          }),
+        }),
+      ])
+    );
+  });
+
   it("does not classify unrelated json-shaped objects as rich text", () => {
     const inferred = inferEntityFields({
       analyticsPayload: {
diff --git a/packages/visual-editor/src/vite-plugin/local-editor/entityFields.ts b/packages/visual-editor/src/vite-plugin/local-editor/entityFields.ts
index 77b08be2a..2b8dc8aa4 100644
--- a/packages/visual-editor/src/vite-plugin/local-editor/entityFields.ts
+++ b/packages/visual-editor/src/vite-plugin/local-editor/entityFields.ts
@@ -217,11 +217,10 @@ const inferStructuredObjectType = (
 };
 
 const isImageValue = (value: Record<string, unknown>): boolean => {
-  const nestedImage = value.image;
-  if (isPlainObject(nestedImage) && isImageValue(nestedImage)) {
-    return true;
-  }
+  return isDirectImageValue(value) || isComplexImageValue(value);
+};
 
+const isDirectImageValue = (value: Record<string, unknown>): boolean => {
   return (
     typeof value.url === "string" &&
     (typeof value.alternateText === "string" ||
@@ -230,6 +229,16 @@ const isImageValue = (value: Record<string, unknown>): boolean => {
   );
 };
 
+const isComplexImageValue = (value: Record<string, unknown>): boolean => {
+  const valueKeys = Object.keys(value);
+  if (valueKeys.length !== 1 || valueKeys[0] !== "image") {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const nestedImage = value.image;
+  return isPlainObject(nestedImage) && isDirectImageValue(nestedImage);
+};
+
 const isCtaValue = (value: Record<string, unknown>): boolean => {
   return (
     (typeof value.label === "string" || typeof value.link === "string") &&