The Gradiva (Latin, "The one who walks") is a famous bas-relief of Pompei. It depicts a young Roman girl walking swiftly, holding her robe, discovering her feet. Her right foot is in an unnatural position which is often considered attractive.

Trivia

• Johannes Vilhelm Jensen's Gradiva (1903)
• Sigmund Freud's Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva (the famous psychanalitical study of the former, 1907)