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Left knee of a statue
Greco-Roman
Medium/Technique
Marble, white and black, seemingly from western Asia Minor. Probably from Göktepe in Caria.
Dimensions
Height (as correctly poised) x length (max. on a diagonal): 16.5 x 18.5 cm (6 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson
Accession Number18.444
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 222; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 112 (additional published references).
DescriptionThere are breaks (for supports?) on the area just above the kneecap. The surfaces are chipped here and there but are generally in very good condition. The kneecap and start of the thigh are draped in an animal's skin, the two small paws being knotted on the outer front. The marble has been worked so as to render most of the skin in black and all of the flesh in white.
ProvenancePresumably from Greece, the islands, or western Asia Minor.