This bronze statue depicts the goddess Isis seated on a throne. Adorned with a tripartite wig and a rich composite headdress, the goddess is shown breastfeeding her son Horus, whose figure once stood on his mother's lap but is now lost.
Cat. 156
Metal / Bronze
12 cm x 45 cm x 18 cm
664–332 BCE
Late Period (?)
Unknown
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824
Museum / Floor 2A / Mezzanine / Cabinet 05 Metal / Shelf 04
Marini, Paolo-Girardi, Alessandro , Gli Egizi e i doni del Nilo, Modena 2024, p.62, p.63.
Tipo=Catalogo d'esposizioni
SottoTipo=Monografia o Opere
Autore=Marini, Paolo-Girardi, Alessandro
Titolo=Gli Egizi e i doni del Nilo
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Luogo=Modena
Anno=2024
Menzionato=p.62
Illustrazione=p.63
Roeder, Günther, Ägyptische Bronzefiguren (Mitteilungen aus der Ägyptischen Sammlung 6), Berlin 1956, pp. 244,248.
Tipo=Opere biblioteca
SottoTipo=Monografia o Opere
Autore=Roeder, Günther
Titolo=Ägyptische Bronzefiguren
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Collana=Mitteilungen aus der Ägyptischen Sammlung
Opera=6
Luogo=Berlin
Anno=1956
Menzionato=pp. 244,248
Illustrazione=
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