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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.462
Title
Finger
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 323 BCE-31 BCE
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Graeco-Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289146

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble from Greek islands, Paros or Naxos
Dimensions
actual: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.462
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Published Catalogue Text: Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums , written 1990
98

Finger

The finger is incrusted. A break between the two joints has been mended.

This appears to be a right index finger from a slightly overlifesized statue. The hand was extended, with the fingers bent, as if an attribute had been on the palm of the hand. The statue was probably that of a goddess.

Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 28, no. 216
  • Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Amy Brauer, Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 112, no. 98

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

Verification Level

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