| Collection: | Athens, Acropolis Museum |
| Title: | Mother and son group from the Erechtheion Frieze |
| Context: | From Athens, Acropolis |
| Findspot: | Found at Athens, Acropolis (in front of the Erechtheion North Porch) |
| Summary: | Mother (or nurse?) and son, perhaps Athena and Erichthonios, Demeter and Iakchos, Pandrosos and Erichthonios |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Architectural |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Placement: | Frieze |
| Style: | High Classical |
| Technique: | High relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 409 BC - ca. 406 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.38 m; W. 0.29 m; Th. 0.11 m |
| Scale: | Miniature |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | High Classical |
| In Whole: | Erechtheion Frieze |
Subject Description: A seated woman, wearing a himation over a belted chiton, with a boy in her lap, who reaches his right hand to his mother.
Form & Style: According to Brouskari, Pallat identified this group as figure 4 of block 1 on the South Frieze.
Condition: Single piece
Condition Description: This single large piece preserves the boy's torso, righty arm, left upper arm, and legs (except right knee, ankles, and feet), the chest, lower torso, and legs of the female figure, and the block on which she is seated. The drapery is relatively well preserved.
Material Description: Pentelic
Associated Building: Athens, Erechtheion
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