diff --git a/grammar/asciidoc-block.pegjs b/grammar/asciidoc-block.pegjs
index ac54f2e..bfbbcf5 100644
--- a/grammar/asciidoc-block.pegjs
+++ b/grammar/asciidoc-block.pegjs
@@ -95,14 +95,17 @@ function processBlockMetadata (cacheKey = offset(), posattrs, contentAttributeNa
     let posIdx = 0
     for (const name of posattrs) {
       const posKey = `$${++posIdx}`
-      if (name == null) continue
-      if (!(posKey in attributes)) continue
-      // Q: should existing named attribute be allowed to take precedence? (this has never been the case)
-      if (name in attributes) names.splice(names.indexOf(name), 1)
-      names.splice(names.indexOf(posKey), 0, name)
-      const valueObject = attributes[name] = attributes[posKey]
-      // NOTE remap value as deferred function to avoid having to resolve again for positional attribute
-      if (valueObject.constructor === Function) attributes[posKey] = () => attributes[name]
+      if (name == null || !names.includes(posKey)) continue
+      if (names.includes(name)) {
+        if (names.indexOf(posKey) < names.indexOf(name)) continue
+      } else {
+        // insert synthetic named attribute ahead of positional attribute
+        names.splice(names.indexOf(posKey), 0, name)
+      }
+      // assign positional attribute to named attribute, overwriting explicit named attribute if it exists
+      attributes[name] = attributes[posKey]
+      // remap positional attribute to resolved value of implicit named attribute (which will be resolved first)
+      attributes[posKey] = () => attributes[name]
     }
   }
   const promote = {}
diff --git a/test/tests/block/image/implicit-named-attribute-override-input.adoc b/test/tests/block/image/implicit-named-attribute-override-input.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b401da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/block/image/implicit-named-attribute-override-input.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[alt=Player Status]
+image::player-status.png[Player Status Window,600,800]
diff --git a/test/tests/block/image/implicit-named-attribute-override-output.json b/test/tests/block/image/implicit-named-attribute-override-output.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..651e17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/block/image/implicit-named-attribute-override-output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "name": "document",
+  "type": "block",
+  "blocks": [
+    {
+      "name": "image",
+      "type": "block",
+      "form": "macro",
+      "target": "player-status.png",
+      "location": [{ "line": 2, "col": 1 }, { "line": 2, "col": 54 }],
+      "metadata": {
+        "attributes": {
+          "alt": "Player Status Window",
+          "$1": "Player Status Window",
+          "$2": "600",
+          "$3": "800",
+          "width": "600",
+          "height": "800"
+        },
+        "location": [{ "line": 1, "col": 1 }, { "line": 1, "col": 19 }]
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "location": [{ "line": 1, "col": 1 }, { "line": 2, "col": 54 }]
+}