Sarcophagus and Architectural Elements
maker
Unknown
Date3rd century - 17th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumCarved marble and limestone
Dimensions320 x 266.7 cm (126 x 105 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS9s1
eMuseum ID727087
Original NumberS9s7-s
Original NumberS9s10-s
Original NumberS9s9
Original NumberS9s6
Original NumberS9s8
Original NumberS9s3
Original NumberS9s5
Original NumberS9s2-s
Original NumberS9s1-s
Original NumberS9s4
EmbARK ObjectID44312
Original NumberS9s11
TMS Source ID21435
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 59. (column bases: as two animals [lions?], "May have been carved at almost any time during the 'Dark Ages,' or as late as the 14th century"; sarcophagus: as Roman, classical; frieze, arch, and colonettes: as Early Christian period; capitals: as antique Rome or 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Roman Sarcophagi in America: A Short Inventory" in Philipp von Zabern (ed.). Festschrift für Friedrich Matz (Mainz, 1962), p. 101, no. 5.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 33 (12 Apr. 1964), p. 2. (column bases: as "an older pair" of lions)
Estin Atil. Islamic Art at the Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1971), p. 20, no. 21. (column bases: as Coptic (?), possibly Egyptian)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 43-44. no. 60 (sarcophagus: as Roman, 3rd or 4th century AD); p. 173, no. 222 (column bases: as Italian, 12th century?); p. 177, no. 251 (frieze of heads: as Italian, 17th century).
Anne Hawley et al. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Daring by Design (Boston, 2014), pp. 56-57.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Roman Sarcophagi in America: A Short Inventory" in Philipp von Zabern (ed.). Festschrift für Friedrich Matz (Mainz, 1962), p. 101, no. 5.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 33 (12 Apr. 1964), p. 2. (column bases: as "an older pair" of lions)
Estin Atil. Islamic Art at the Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1971), p. 20, no. 21. (column bases: as Coptic (?), possibly Egyptian)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 43-44. no. 60 (sarcophagus: as Roman, 3rd or 4th century AD); p. 173, no. 222 (column bases: as Italian, 12th century?); p. 177, no. 251 (frieze of heads: as Italian, 17th century).
Anne Hawley et al. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Daring by Design (Boston, 2014), pp. 56-57.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Italian painter and antiquarian Attilio Simonetti (1843-1925), Rome for 15,000 lire on 23 October 1906. (formerly used as a fountain)
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