Lower part of a marble seated statue of Hygieia

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1st or 2nd century CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

Copy or adaptation of a Greek work of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C. Hygieia, the personification of Health, was the daughter of Asklepios, the god of healing. Snakes were closely associated with both figures and were actually kept in many of the sanctuaries where the sick gathered. This Hygieia was shown feeding a gigantic serpent. The statue was once part of the collection formed in Rome in the early seventeenth century by the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st or 2nd century CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson, 1903