Torso
sculptor
Unknown
Date1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumLarge-grained Greek island marble from Thasos
Dimensions47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27w64
eMuseum ID726176
EmbARK ObjectID12404
TMS Source ID1529
Last Updated10/31/24
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.
BibliographyNotesP. Arndt, et al. Einzelaufnahmen griechisher und römischer Skulptur (Munich, 1887), no. 1997.
S. Reinach. Répertoire de la statuaire grecque at romaine IV (Paris, 1924), p. 345, no. 3.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 238. (Graeco-Roman, after the manner of Praxiteles, but later, perhaps after Timarchus or Cephisodotus)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 21, no. 26. (Graeco-Roman, Julio-Claudian period, Praxitelean or Skopasian type)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 126-27, ill. 127. (Julio-Cluadian, 1st century BCE-1st century CE)
S. Reinach. Répertoire de la statuaire grecque at romaine IV (Paris, 1924), p. 345, no. 3.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 238. (Graeco-Roman, after the manner of Praxiteles, but later, perhaps after Timarchus or Cephisodotus)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 21, no. 26. (Graeco-Roman, Julio-Claudian period, Praxitelean or Skopasian type)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 126-27, ill. 127. (Julio-Cluadian, 1st century BCE-1st century CE)
ProvenanceNotesDiscovered in Rome by 1887.
Possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, Rome on 28 October 1906. Certainly entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1910.
Possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, Rome on 28 October 1906. Certainly entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1910.
