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Ancient Roman Sandaled Foot cast stone sculpture museum reproduction
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: ca. 1st century A.D.
Period: Roman Imperial
In the Museum’s collection is a carved ivory sandaled foot, which would have originally come from
a composite statue in which ivory was used to imitate flesh, and another material, perhaps metal
or semiprecious stone, was used for the draped figure. The sandal’s tongue is decorated with a
personification of the Nile, suggesting that the statue was either an Egyptian deity or the emperor
Augustus (who annexed Egypt after the defeat of Anthony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in
31 B.C.). The statue would have been somewhat smaller than life-size, but to judge from the
exquisite carving of the foot, which renders all the details—including the neatly manicured toenails
and the ornate lacing of the sandal—the work must have been an outstanding and striking piece.
Our distinctive reproduction made by precise 3-D scanning renders all of the details of the
exquisitely carved original, including the sandal’s ornate decoration.
Item No. S142
Cast stone, hand patinated. Height 2 1/4 in., width 5 1/2 in., depth 2 3/8 in.
$149.00
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: ca. 1st century A.D.
Period: Roman Imperial
In the Museum’s collection is a carved ivory sandaled foot, which would have originally come from
a composite statue in which ivory was used to imitate flesh, and another material, perhaps metal
or semiprecious stone, was used for the draped figure. The sandal’s tongue is decorated with a
personification of the Nile, suggesting that the statue was either an Egyptian deity or the emperor
Augustus (who annexed Egypt after the defeat of Anthony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in
31 B.C.). The statue would have been somewhat smaller than life-size, but to judge from the
exquisite carving of the foot, which renders all the details—including the neatly manicured toenails
and the ornate lacing of the sandal—the work must have been an outstanding and striking piece.
Our distinctive reproduction made by precise 3-D scanning renders all of the details of the
exquisitely carved original, including the sandal’s ornate decoration.
Item No. S142
Cast stone, hand patinated. Height 2 1/4 in., width 5 1/2 in., depth 2 3/8 in.
$149.00
