Eros Transported on a Dolphin: Fountain Ornament
sculptor
Unknown
Date1st century - 2nd century
Place MadeItaly, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumGreek island or western Asia Minor marble
Dimensions45.1 x 99.1 cm (17 3/4 x 39 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberSGe4
eMuseum ID718247
EmbARK ObjectID13440
TMS Source ID2372
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.
BibliographyNotesCornelius C. Vermeule III. European Art and the Classical Past (Cambridge, 1964), pp. 89-90.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 14-15, no. 16. (as Graeco-Roman, copy of a Hellenistic work of about 100 BCE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 14-15, no. 16. (as Graeco-Roman, copy of a Hellenistic work of about 100 BCE)
ProvenanceNotesPossibly from a home in Zagarolo, near Rome.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as part of a fountain, museum nos. SGe3, SG-8e1, SG-8e3, and SG-8e4) on 28 October 1901, through Richard Norton.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as part of a fountain, museum nos. SGe3, SG-8e1, SG-8e3, and SG-8e4) on 28 October 1901, through Richard Norton.
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