Cinerarium
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 27 BCE - 68 CE
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions65 x 46.5 x 39 cm (25 9/16 x 18 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsFunerary Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27e29
eMuseum ID728376
EmbARK ObjectID12499
TMS Source ID1605
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 246. (Roman)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 33 (17 Apr. 1966), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 122-25, no. 151. (Roman, early imperial period)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 33 (17 Apr. 1966), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 122-25, no. 151. (Roman, early imperial period)
ProvenanceNotesDiscovered near San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome near an ancient family burial complex which contained several other cineraria (CIL nos. 34831-34837) including museum no. S27e39.
Possibly in the possession of the antiquarians and art dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo from about 1897 to 1901.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner with a second cinerarium (museum no. S27e39) probably for 14,500 lire from an unknown dealer in Rome, perhaps Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, on 25 October 1901, through the art historian and archaeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918).
Possibly in the possession of the antiquarians and art dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo from about 1897 to 1901.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner with a second cinerarium (museum no. S27e39) probably for 14,500 lire from an unknown dealer in Rome, perhaps Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, on 25 October 1901, through the art historian and archaeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918).
