Statue Fragment

MS6012B

From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS6012B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi (uncertain)
Period Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Iconography Human Leg
Description

Section of calf to just below the knee. A hole for attachment both above and below. Joins (a) in upright position. Both a and b may erroneously have been considered parts of MS3465. Luce in his "Catalogue" says "the left leg is bent and rests on a rock" MS3465 at present lacks the lower leg and rock, and there is no other candidate for them.

Height 19 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897
Other Number MS3465 uncertain - Other Number

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