Hathor Cow
sculptor
Unknown
Date304 BCE - 363 CE
Place MadeEgypt, Ancient & Byzantine World-Africa
MediumBronze
Dimensions8.3 x 9.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS17e11
eMuseum ID719194
EmbARK ObjectID12145
TMS Source ID1285
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesCornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 6, no. 9. (Hellenistic or Graeco-Roman, perhaps at the height of the Roman imperial period)
ProvenanceNotesGiven to Isabella Stewart Gardner by her nephew the classicist William Amory Gardner (1863-1937) at an unknown date. The sculpture was possibly purchased by him in Athens in 1886, or in Egypt in 1905.
