Harvard Art Museums > 1942.233: Small Statuette of a Goddess Sculpture Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small Statuette of a Goddess , 1942.233,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/291642. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1942.233 Title Small Statuette of a Goddess Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, statue Date c. 200 CE Period Roman period Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291642 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1942), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1942. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs Accession Year 1942 Object Number 1942.233 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Hera-Juno wears a himation pulled over her head and a high-girt chiton. She probably held a patera in her right hand and a staff in her raised left hand (both now missing). This statuette may have been part of a portable household shrine. Publication History Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 199 Cornelius C. Vermeule III, Greek and Roman Sculpture in Gold and Silver (Boston, 1974), p. 21, no. 62 Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Iuno 204. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
