Lower Part of a Kneeling Male Figure
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 30 BCE - 15 BCE
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumLuna marble
Dimensions17.8 x 11.4 x 21.6 cm (7 x 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS12w14
eMuseum ID718293
EmbARK ObjectID13442
TMS Source ID2374
Last Updated2/1/25
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. 81. (as Graeco-Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 22-23, no. 28.
V. Machaira. Hellenistic Sculpture of Rhodes - Catalogue I (Athens, 2011), p. 113. (as a figure of Atlas; compared to a similar sculpture from Rhodes dated to about 30-15 BCE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 22-23, no. 28.
V. Machaira. Hellenistic Sculpture of Rhodes - Catalogue I (Athens, 2011), p. 113. (as a figure of Atlas; compared to a similar sculpture from Rhodes dated to about 30-15 BCE)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
Unknown
about 50 BCE - 60 CE (with Renaissance restorations)
