Small Head of Dionysus
sculptor
Unknown
Date1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
Place MadeAncient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS12w11
eMuseum ID718162
EmbARK ObjectID13444
TMS Source ID2376
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. 80. (Graeco-Roman; probably a bacchante)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 26, no. 33. (Graeco-Roman, copy of a work of the 3rd century BCE; Dionysos)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 26, no. 33. (Graeco-Roman, copy of a work of the 3rd century BCE; Dionysos)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner likely from an unkown art dealer in Rome for about 500 francs with a marble bowl (museum no. S16s24) on 2 November 1897, through the Roman art dealer Alfredo Barsanti and the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
