Lead figure of a winged goddess

A flat cast lead figure of a winged female figure with arms raised and wings spread at the shoulders. She wears a tall headdress and a long pleated skirt with incised vertical patterning, standing on a small base. The stylized profile and simple silhouette are typical of Archaic Laconian metalwork.

Look closer: Small incised vertical patterning runs down the long skirt, and a tiny foot-like base projects at the bottom.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 7th–early 6th century BCE

Medium

Lead

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3000 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924