This sculpture was probably acquired by the Abbé H. Campbell who lived in Naples and was the main agent for Mr. Charles Winn, and responsible for putting together the collection of Greek and Etruscan vases and sculpture which was shipped to England in 1819.

Hygieia was the duaghter of Asklepios and closely associated with her father's cult as the goddess of Health. She is often shown on reliefs with her father, and her name followed immediately after his and before that of her sister Panacea in the Hippocratic Oath. She had her own cult at Titane