Neptune
sculptor
Unknown
Date18th century
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumLead
Dimensions147.3 cm (58 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift to the Trustees of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1938
Accession numberSGe11
eMuseum ID722775
Previous NumberSGe11
Previous NumberSGe11.a
EmbARK ObjectID13477
TMS Source ID2407
Last Updated10/1/24
Status
Not on viewBibliographyNotesCornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 157, no. 197. (as English, 18th century)
ProvenanceNotesAcquired by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer in England for about £31 probably in 1892-1893, through the English architect Harold A. Peto (1854-1933).
Installed in the Italian sculpture garden at Green Hill, Isabella Stewart Gardner's residence in Brookline, Massachusetts by about 1900.
Isabella Gardner gave this portion of the Green Hill estate to her nephew, Harold Jefferson Coolidge, Jr. (1904-1985) on 19 February 1919, in anticipation of her will.
Presented to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by Harold Jefferson Coolidge, Jr. in April 1938.
Installed in the Italian sculpture garden at Green Hill, Isabella Stewart Gardner's residence in Brookline, Massachusetts by about 1900.
Isabella Gardner gave this portion of the Green Hill estate to her nephew, Harold Jefferson Coolidge, Jr. (1904-1985) on 19 February 1919, in anticipation of her will.
Presented to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by Harold Jefferson Coolidge, Jr. in April 1938.
