Cast
Statuette
Maker & role
Unknown, Maker
Object detail
Production place
Collection
Measurements
H: 64 x W: 19 x D: 13cm (H: 640 x W: 190 x D: 130mm)
Production notes
Plaster cast was purchased from a Sydney antique store who bought it from a family owned plaster casting studio in the south of France. Possibly manufactured and sold by the Louvre, Paris.
Signature & marks
Sticker attached to bottom of figure, "13474".
Credit line
Purchase, 2003
Elizabeth Bay House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Elizabeth Bay House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Description
This plaster cast of an early 19th century female caryatid (female figure as pillar or column), has been styled in a combination of Greek and Egypto-Revival taste, evident in the detailing of Elizabeth Bay House (for example, the pylon shaped doorcases).
The figure is of Isis, the Egyptian goddess who resurrected her husband and conceived their son from his dead body. She was regarded as the great 'Mother Goddess' by the 1st century BC.
The figure is of Isis, the Egyptian goddess who resurrected her husband and conceived their son from his dead body. She was regarded as the great 'Mother Goddess' by the 1st century BC.
Accession number
EB2004/1
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