Mother and child, Rework of Isis and Horus to Mary and Jesus

Isis with the baby Jesus | Isis with the Infant Jesus | Egypt, 2nd-3rd cent. Century and modern times | limestone | The statue originally represented the goddess Isis with the boy Horus. After its discovery and probably because of its fragmentary state of preservation, it was reworked into an allegedly breastfeeding Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus (Maria lactans). Not much remains of the original figure. | Museum of Byzantine Art | inventory 19/61