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16 août 2016

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, 1st century, Roman Period, Egypt

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Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, 1st century, Roman Period,  From Egypt; Said to be from Northern Upper Egypt, Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis). Linen, tempera paint, h. 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in); w. 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Spear, Jr. Gift, 1984 (1984.178) © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This rare painting of tempera on linen shows the Greek personification of abundance, Euthenia. The goddess, consort of the Nile god, rests on a sphinx and holds a bowl in her hand; above and to the sides are birds in fliight or at rest.

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