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Statuette of hippocamp (mythical creature)
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
about 520–500 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Nenfro
Dimensions
Height x depth: 56 x 65 cm (22 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert E. Hecht, Jr. in memory of Robert E. Hecht, Sr. and Julia K. Hecht
Accession Number62.793
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 391; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 116 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe creature has a double mane, side fins, and a fin behind the lower part of his body. Set on his rectangular plinth, he was meant to be seen from his right side. Much of the head, the protruding forelegs, and the tail are missing. The plinth and the surfaces of the body have been damaged, the former more than the latter.
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr. (said to come from Vulci); gift of Robert E. Hecht, Jr. to MFA, September 19, 1962