What does this statue represent?

Eirene (Peace) holding the child Ploutos (Wealth). The message was political: Athens commissioned this after decades of war, arguing that prosperity could only come through peace. The original stood in the Athenian Agora.

Who made the original?

Kephisodotos, a Greek sculptor active around 370 BCE, likely the father or uncle of the famous Praxiteles. This marble at the Met is a Roman copy. The lost Greek bronze original stood in the Athenian Agora.

The statue stands 69 3/4 inches (177.2 cm) tall without its plinth. It's a Roman copy from the 1st century CE at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Kephisodotos sculpted this Roman copy of a Greek bronze: Eirene (Peace) holds the child Ploutos (Wealth) on her left arm, along with a cornucopia and scepter. The pairing expressed a powerful Greek idea: prosperity depends on peace. This Roman copy dates to the 1st century CE, but the lost Greek bronze original by the sculptor Kephisodotos was made around 370 BCE.

The Greek traveler Pausanias saw the original bronze in the Athenian Agora in the 2nd century CE. He recorded that Kephisodotos was likely the father or uncle of Praxiteles, one of the most famous sculptors of antiquity. The figure's appearance deliberately evokes Demeter, goddess of agricultural plenty and the mythological mother of Ploutos.

Athens commissioned the original during a period of recovery from decades of war. It stands 69 3/4 inches (177.2 cm) tall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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