Caryatid Column from Porch of Maidens Statue

This beautiful museum reproduction art is intricately carved to capture every detail of the original artwork. This Caryatid Column from Porch of Maidens Statue is quite an exquisite piece for a classical home or office interior design. It is ideal for your ancient art and museum replica interior decor. The Acropolis, Athens. 465 B.C. A caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element such as a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on its head. Some of the earliest known examples were found in the treasuries of Delphi, dating to about the 6th century BC, but their origins can be traced back even further to ritual basins, ivory mirror handles from Phoenicia, and draped figures from archaic Greece. The best known and most copied examples are those of the six figures of the Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis at Athens. Our reproduction represents one of them. One of those original six figures, removed by Lord Elgin in the early 1800s, is now in the British Museum in London. The other five figures, although they are damaged by erosion, are in the Acropolis Museum. This item is made of solid bonded stone and measures 26"H.