Ivory sandaled foot

Unknown

ca. 31 BCE–14 CE · Ivory · Greek and Roman Art

The foot comes from a small statue with flesh parts of ivory and with drapery in another material, perhaps metal or semiprecious stone. The tongue of the sandal is decorated with a personification of the Nile, suggesting that the statue depicted was either an Egyptian deity or the Emperor Augustus, who annexed Egypt after the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 31 BCE–14 CE

Medium

Ivory

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1925