Lucretia
Object type: Statuette
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Flemish
Artist: Conrad Meit of Worms
Artist bio: 1480s–1550/51
Artist role: Artist
Date: 1500–1515
Medium: Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens); pedestal: various pieces of dark colored wood, including pieces of ebony (Diospyros sp.)
Dimensions: Overall (statuette): 8 3/8 × 3 × 2 1/2 in. (21.3 × 7.6 × 6.4 cm);
Overall (pedestal): 2 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 3 in. (6.4 × 7.9 × 7.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Female Nudes