CLODION
(b. 1738, Nancy, d. 1814, Paris)

Egyptian Woman with Naos

1780
Terracotta, 48 x 22 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The statue in fact represents a Greco-Roman, not an Egyptian figure. It was inspired by a black marble statue of Isis originating from the Villa Hadrian.




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