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Ivory sandaled foot

Period:
Early Imperial, Augustan
Date:
ca. 31 B.C.–A.D. 14
Culture:
Roman
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 5 5/8in. (6 x 14.3cm)
Classification:
Miscellaneous
Credit Line:
Fletcher Fund, 1925
Accession Number:
25.78.43

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 166

  • Description

    The foot comes from a small statue with flesh parts of ivory and with drapery in another material, perhaps metal or semiprecious stone. The tongue of the sandal is decorated with a personification of the Nile, suggesting that the statue depicted was either an Egyptian deity or the Emperor Augustus, who annexed Egypt after the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.

  • References

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1926. "Miscellaneous Accessions in the Classical Department." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 21(12): pp. 284, 286, fig. 6.

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1938. "The Exhibition of Augustan Art." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 33(12): p. 275.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 82, p. 112.

    Lapatin, Kenneth D.S. 2001. Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 130f.

    Picón, Carlos A., et al. 2007. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 420, pp. 362, 487.

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