Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Statue of Mother Goddess (Kourotrophos) breast feeding two twins (from Megara Hyblaea)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Statue of Mother Goddess (Kourotrophos) breast feeding two twins (from Megara Hyblaea)
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Alternate Title:
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Kourotrophos
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Image View:
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Overall view from the right side
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Creator:
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unknown (Ancient Greek) sculptor
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale 'Paolo Orsi' (Syracuse, Sicily, Italy) inv. 53234
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Location Note:
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Viale Teocrito, 66
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GPS:
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+37.0764+15.2864
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Date:
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ca. 550 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Ancient Greek
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Style Period:
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Archaic (Greek)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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limestone from Melilli
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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78 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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death or burial; funerary art; deities; archaeology; Cemeteries
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Description:
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From Megara Hyblaea, the northwest necropolis, found 1952. The statue was of local manufacture. Kourotrophos (Greek: κουροτρόφος, "child nurturer") is the general name that was given in ancient Greece to gods and goddesses whose properties included their ability to protect young people and were usually depicted holding a baby in their arms. But Kourotrophos was also an independent cult deity, appearing in sacrifice groups connected with fertility and child care.
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-G-AMA-SMG-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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