Head of goddess Hygeia by Scopas




CONTEMPORARY-Modernism

Price: 

$275
Specifications
Designer VerificationNone
Condition
Excellent
Reference
MPD-006434
Measures (Inches)
- Height: 11 - Width: 6
Description

A terracota copy of Head of goddes Hygeia by Greek sculptor Scopas 350 bc.

In Greek as well as Roman mythology, Hygieia (also Hygiea or Hygeia; Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa), was one of the Aeclepiadae; the sons and daughters of the god of medicine, Asclepius, and the goddess of healing, Epione. She was the goddess/personification of health cleanliness and hygiene.

 

Scopas or Skopas  (c. 395 BC – 350 BC) was an Ancient Greek sculptor and architect most famous for his statue of Meleager, the copper statue of "Aphrodite" and the head of goddess Hygieia, daughter of Asclepius.