Tarentine Persephone and baby Dionysos 4th C. BCE

"The fragment probably belongs to a larger composition consisting of a reclining man and this group of a woman and child at his feet. The figures have been identified as the God Dionysos, Persephone, and Iakchos."

-taken from Met Museum link below

Greek Tarentine woman and baby 4th C. BCE. Terracotta. H.: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm) Other: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm). Current location: The MET Museum.

Source/Quote:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/130008837?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=terracotta+reliefs&pos=19

http://archeotaranto.altervista.org/archeota/taras78/leterrecotte.htm

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