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[Hygieia and Aesculapius]

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American Photographer · 1822–1893

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Date: 1872
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Relief sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen of Hygieia and Aesculapius. Hygieia, a robed female figure, is offering a bowl to a snake. The snake is wrapped around a staff held by Aesculapius, a bearded figure who is seated before Hygieia.

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