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Reclining river god
Greco-Roman
Medium/Technique
Marble from Carrara in northwest Italy
Dimensions
18.5 x 30.5 cm (7 5/16 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles C. Perkins
Accession Number76.716
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 211.
DescriptionThe back of the figure was rather roughly worked. The areas and details which are preserved have been considerably damaged and worn. The urn was pierced through to the back, making the small statue a fountain figure to be seen in or against a niche.
The river-god reclines on his left side and holds a cornucopia in his left hand, above an overturned urn. A child or Amorino mounts his forearm and grasps the cornucopia. The quality of the drilling suggests that the statue was work of the second or third centuries A.D.
Scientific Analysis:
Harvard Lab No. HI765: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.02 / delta18O -1.81, Attribution - Carrara, Justification - Fine grained marble.
The river-god reclines on his left side and holds a cornucopia in his left hand, above an overturned urn. A child or Amorino mounts his forearm and grasps the cornucopia. The quality of the drilling suggests that the statue was work of the second or third centuries A.D.
Scientific Analysis:
Harvard Lab No. HI765: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.02 / delta18O -1.81, Attribution - Carrara, Justification - Fine grained marble.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Charles C. Perkins Collection (presumably from Rome); gift of Charles C. Perkins to MFA, 1876