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Small Head of Dionysus
Small Head of Dionysus
Small Head of Dionysus

Small Head of Dionysus

sculptor
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 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.
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)
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).
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
2nd century - 3rd century
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
50 BCE - 125 CE
(c) 2016 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1st century - 2nd century
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
2nd century - 3rd century
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
2nd century - 3rd century
Head of Herm of Dionysus
Unknown
1st century BCE - 2nd century CE
Small Head of Hermes
Unknown
2nd century BCE - 3rd century CE
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1st century BCE - 2nd century CE
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
about 150
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 1st century
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 2nd century
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
about 100