Now regarded as a fake, the Boston Goddess was acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1914. Evans was convinced it was genuine, and a partner to another ‘Boy God’ figure, and so commissioned a replica for the 1936 exhibition.
Bibliography
Evans, Arthur. 1930. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, III, pp. 436-442, fig. 305
Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 17