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The Hope Hygieia2nd-century copy, circa 130–161, after a Greek original of circa 360 B.C.

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Full-length white marble sculpture of a standing draped female figure holding a small round object in one outstretched hand, on a rectangular base
Marble sculpture of a standing female figure in classical dress, her right arm extended forward holding a small object, draped chiton and himation with finely carved folds, hair bound with a diadem.
Marble sculpture of a standing female figure in Classical style, wearing a draped chiton and himation with deeply carved folds, head tilted slightly downward, hair bound with a fillet.
White marble sculpture of a standing draped female figure, head inclined downward, extending one hand forward with a small round object; chiton with finely carved vertical folds, himation loosely wrapped across torso.
Close-up detail of a white marble sculpture showing a human hand holding a shallow patera bowl, with a snake coiled around the forearm and extending its head toward the vessel.
White marble sculpture, close-up of a female figure with wavy hair bound by a diadem, head slightly inclined, wearing draped garments with finely carved folds, against a dark gray background.
White marble sculpture, upper torso and head of a draped female figure, gaze directed downward, hair bound with a fillet and rendered in shallow waves, finely carved chiton with deep folds, smooth polished surface against a dark gray background.
White marble sculpture, upper torso and head of a female figure in Classical style, head tilted slightly downward, wavy hair bound with a diadem, draped chiton with finely carved folds, against a dark gray background.
Detail of a marble sculpture showing a hand with slightly curled fingers hanging alongside deeply carved drapery folds, in smooth white marble.
Close-up detail of a marble sculpture showing deeply carved, sweeping drapery folds in cream-white stone with areas of dark patination in the recesses.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
The Hope Hygieia
Culture
Roman
Place Made
Italy, Ostia (?) or Rome
Date Made
2nd-century copy, circa 130–161, after a Greek original of circa 360 B.C.
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
75 × 25 × 18 in. (190.5 × 63.5 × 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.33.23
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
  • Leventi, Iphigeneia. Hygieia in Classical Greek Art. Athens: Archaiognōsia, 2003.
  • Michaelis, Adolf. Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, described by Adolf Michaelis, translated from the German by C.A.M. Fennell, Ed. for the Syndics of the University Press. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1882
  • Levkoff, Mary L., ed. Hearst the collector. Exh. Cat. New York: Abrams and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008.
  • Muchnic, Suzanne. LACMA So Far: Portrait of a Museum in the Making. San Marino, California: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2015.
  • Levkoff, Mary. "Hearst and the Antique." Apollo 168, no.558 (October 2008): 52-60.

  • Strong, Eugénie. Catalogue of the Greek & Roman Antiques in the Possession of the Right Honourable Lord Melchett, P.C., D.Sc., F.R.S.: at Melchet Court and 35 Lowndes Square. Oxford: University Press, 1928.

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