Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Statue of Isis Holding the Child Horus Seated on a Throne

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Statue of Isis Holding the Child Horus Seated on a Throne

Isis helped restore Osiris to life and raised their son Horus to avenge his murder. She was thus seen as a deity with great magical power and came to typify the faithful wife and devoted mother. She is shown here nursing the infant Horus. Her throne sits in the embrace of a vulture, a deity that spreads its wings about mother and child in a gesture of protection.

Medium: Alabaster, bronze
Place Made: Saqqara, Egypt
Dates: ca. 712-525 B.C.E.
Dynasty: second half of XXV Dynasty-XXVI Dynasty
Period: Third Intermediate Period-Late Period
Dimensions: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) Base: 1 1/4 x 2 3/16 x 5 5/16 in. (3.1 x 5.5 x 13.5 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
Accession Number: 37.400E
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Front, 37.400E_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009