Herm of Dionysus
sculptor
Unknown
Date50 BCE - 125 CE
Place MadeAncient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions40.5 x 29.2 x 24.8 cm (15 15/16 x 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27e23
eMuseum ID723144
EmbARK ObjectID12489
TMS Source ID1599
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 23. (as Greek bust)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 245. (Graeco-Roman, 1st century [CE])
Walter Cahn, et al. “Adventures of a Graeco-Roman Marble Herm.” Fenway Court (1970), pp. 26-32. (created in Athens for export to Italy or in the Italian peninsula, about 50 BCE-125 CE, after Athenian models of the 5th century BCE, reworked in the Middle Ages)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 31, no. 40. (Graeco-Roman, about 50 BCE-125 CE, after an original of about 460-420 BCE, reworked probably in Northern Italy, early 13th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 245. (Graeco-Roman, 1st century [CE])
Walter Cahn, et al. “Adventures of a Graeco-Roman Marble Herm.” Fenway Court (1970), pp. 26-32. (created in Athens for export to Italy or in the Italian peninsula, about 50 BCE-125 CE, after Athenian models of the 5th century BCE, reworked in the Middle Ages)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 31, no. 40. (Graeco-Roman, about 50 BCE-125 CE, after an original of about 460-420 BCE, reworked probably in Northern Italy, early 13th century)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
