A Roman bronze figure of Isis-Fortuna
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
The standing goddess clad in a long chiton and swathed in a mantle, bound in an 'Isis' knot between her breasts, wearing her characteristic headdress of a plumed sun disc between cow's horns, ears of corn at either side, her hair falling in corkscrew locks onto the back of her neck and shoulders, and holding a cornucopia (partially missing) in her left hand, 16.4cm high注脚Provenance:
Dr J. Dénier collection.
Mr A. collection, Paris, acquired prior to 1996.

Published:
F. Antonovich, Les Métamorphoses Divines d'Alexandre, Paris, 1996, p. 232.

This syncretistic goddess combines the iconography of Isis, such as the headdress, corkscrew curls and knotted mantle, with that of Fortuna: she holds the cornucopia, the symbol of abundance and prosperity, and it is likely a rudder, indicating her control over the course of human lives, was held in the lowered right hand. For similar, see an example in the J. Paul Getty Museum, LA, acc. no. 71.AB.180.