Statue of a Seated Isis

ca. 664-525 BCE (Late Period, 26th dynasty)

5.2 cm 14.8 cm 11.2 cm

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Emphasizing her maternal and nurturing aspects, Isis cups her breast with her right hand, offering it to a now-missing figure of her son, Horus.

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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