Detail of a Fragment of a Hanging with the Goddess Euthenia in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden

Period:Roman

Date:1st century

Geography:From Egypt; Said to be from Northern Upper Egypt, Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis)

Medium:Linen, tempera paint

Dimensions:h. 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in); w. 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in)

Credit Line:Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Spear, Jr. Gift, 1984

Accession Number:1984.178

This rare painting of tempera on linen shows the Greek personification of abundance, Euthenia. The goddess, consort of the Nile god, rests on a sphinx and holds a bowl in her hand; above and to the sides are birds in fliight or at rest.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/548847