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Baby reaching
Greek
Late Hellenistic Period
about 100 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Marble, sparkling, large-crystaled Greek island
Dimensions
Height: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John J. Herrmann, Jr.
Accession Number1986.404
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 026.
DescriptionThe right hand, left forearm, and most of both legs are missing. Right arm broken and repaired at shoulder. There is a break on the top of the forehead, and an iron dowel was once placed in the right upper thigh where the leg is now broken. The surface shows damage and remains of encrustation.
A baby resembling this one, from a small statue of Aphrodite and Eros (if wings are present) or a mother and child, was found in the Egyptian Sanctuary on Delos.
A baby resembling this one, from a small statue of Aphrodite and Eros (if wings are present) or a mother and child, was found in the Egyptian Sanctuary on Delos.
ProvenanceBy early 1970s: with Georges Krimitsas, Paris (probably from Greece); purchased by John J. Herrmann, Jr. from Georges Krimitsas, Paris in the early 1970s; gift of John J. Herrmann, Jr. to MFA, October 17, 1986