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(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Head of a Youthful Divinity
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Head of a Youthful Divinity

sculptor
Date2nd century - 3rd century
Place MadeAncient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumGreek marble, probably Pentelic
Dimensions39 cm (15 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27e38
eMuseum ID727938
EmbARK ObjectID12507
TMS Source ID1613
Last Updated10/31/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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. 248. (imitation of the Greek style of the early 5th century BCE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 24, no. 30. (Graeco-Roman, after a creation of the Severe style, about 465 BCE)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1903.
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