Hygeia, Goddess of Health
Date:
c. 1615
Medium:
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions:
29 1/4 × 41 13/16 inches (74.3 × 106.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reichhold
Object number:
44.266
Three quarter length figure of a woman, facing left, wearing red and white drapery with blue sash. Her left arm, shoulder and breast are bare. Her head is bent forward and her brown hair is braided and coiled on top of her head. With her right hand, she pours liquid from a gold container into the mouth of a snake twined around her left arm.
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