SculptureGreek1st century BCE-2nd century CE

Front of the Left Foot of a Statue of Eros or a Child (?)

100 BCE-130 CE

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Marble from Naxos, the Roman Imperial quarries

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial

Century

1st century BCE-2nd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

8.9 x 7.62 cm (3 1/2 x 3 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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