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Hygieia, goddess of Health and Hypnos, god of sleep

about A.D. 140–190
Country of Origin, for CustomsTurkey
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Dokimeion (modern Afyon) in west-central Asia Minor
DimensionsOverall: 64.5 x 26.7 x 13 cm (25 3/8 x 10 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Benjamin Rowland, Jr.
Accession number1974.131
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1968: with André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., 41 East 57th Street, New York (Art of the Ancients, New York, February 7 - March 13, 1968, no. 59 [said to be from Asia Minor and from the art market in Switzerland]); by 1968: with Sotheby & Co., 34 & 35 New Bond Street, London, W.1 (Sotheby & Co. auction, November 26, 1968, lot 172); by 1973: Benjamin Rowland, Jr. Estate; bequest of Benjamin Rowland, Jr. to MFA, February 13, 1974