Harpokrates (Horus the Child)

Description Conservation Provenance Credit

Description Horus the Child was originally seated on his mother Isis's lap. Below his body is a tiny extension that inserts to the second piece, which was the body of the mother.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/30/1957	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

664-332 BC (Late Period)

Medium

bronze cast
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.1984

Measurements

H: 3 1/8 x W: 1 1/4 x D: 1 3/16 in. (7.96 x 3.15 x 2.96 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View