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Foot of a youth
Greco-Roman
Medium/Technique
Marble
Dimensions
14 x 15 cm (5 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles C. Perkins
Accession Number76.722
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 223.
DescriptionThe edge of the plinth survives on the left, below the foot; from the lower edge as preserved to the wedge at the instep, it has been broken irregularly, on a diagonal, leaving only a little piece below the wedge at the heel. There is a large dowel hole running vertically in the break at the ankle. The surfaces are discolored, the overall coloring being yellow.
This left foot from a statue is raised up and forward slightly by means of a wedge between the heel and sole and the plinth.
Scientific Analysis:
Marble has been scientifically tested with X-Ray Diffraction and determined to be Calcitic.
Harvard Lab No. HI214: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.48 / delta18O -3.30, Attribution - Aphrodisias 2, Paros 2, Prokonnesos, Thasos-Cape Phaneri and Thasos-Aliki, Usak, Denizli 1, Heracleia, Mylasa, Naxos-Melanes, Justification - Coarse-grained marble.
This left foot from a statue is raised up and forward slightly by means of a wedge between the heel and sole and the plinth.
Scientific Analysis:
Marble has been scientifically tested with X-Ray Diffraction and determined to be Calcitic.
Harvard Lab No. HI214: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.48 / delta18O -3.30, Attribution - Aphrodisias 2, Paros 2, Prokonnesos, Thasos-Cape Phaneri and Thasos-Aliki, Usak, Denizli 1, Heracleia, Mylasa, Naxos-Melanes, Justification - Coarse-grained marble.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Charles C. Perkins Colletion; 1876: gift of Charles C. Perkins to MFA