Description
Isis was a goddess of kingship and magical power. Images of her as a nursing mother were believed to protect women and children.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
3/16/1966
Treatment
repaired; loss compensation; other
10/07/1974
Treatment
cleaned
Exhibitions
Faience: The Colors of the Heavens. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2003-2004.
Provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
