The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Seated Female Deity

Seated Female Deity

Related Content

Seated Deity (Macuilxochitl)

Seated Deity (Macuilxochitl)

Seated Female Deity

Seated Female Deity

Kneeling Male Figure

Kneeling Male Figure

Crested figure (Macuilxochitl)

Crested figure (Macuilxochitl)

Browse current and upcoming exhibitions and events.

Gods, Spirits, and Ancestors: Exploring the Art of Oceania
May 24, 2013
Gods, Spirits, and Ancestors: Exploring the Art of Oceania
May 28, 2013
Myths in Gold, Stone, Ceramics, and Textiles of the Americas
May 29, 2013
Africa's Diverse Artistic Traditions and the Ideas and Values That Inspire Them
May 30, 2013
Gods, Spirits, and Ancestors: Exploring the Art of Oceania
May 31, 2013
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
June 2, 2013

Seated Female Deity

Date:: 15th–early 16th century
Geography:: Mexico, Mesoamerica
Culture:: Aztec
Medium:: Stone
Dimensions:: H. 13 3/4 x W. 7 3/8 x 6 3/4in. (34.9 x 18.8 x 17.2cm)
Classification:: Stone-Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.206.407

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

[Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, until 1956]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1956, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1956–1978
See also
Who
Aztec (111)
What
Sculpture (24,350)

Stone (7,986)

Figures (5,008)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

Mexico (1,973)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
In the Museum
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (11,467)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Mexico, 1400–1600 A.D.

50005208