Young Sophocles
sculptor
John Donoghue
(Chicago, 1853 - 1903, New York)
Dateabout 1890
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumBronze
Dimensions114.3 cm (45 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS33w3
eMuseum ID722705
EmbARK ObjectID13481
TMS Source ID2411
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotes"Two Sargents Added to Fenway Court Collection: Bronze by Donoghue Another Acquisition Seen by Visitors at Fall Opening of the Museum." Unknown newspaper. Boston, 1919.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 161, no. 204.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Passionate Acts in Greek Art and Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), pp. 40-41, ill.
Michael P. Quinlin. Irish Boston: A Lively Look at Boston's Colorful Irish Past (Guilford, Connecticut, 2004), pp. 91-92.
Thayer Tolles (ed.). American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A catalogue of works by artists born before 1865 (New York, 1999), p. 344.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 161, no. 204.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Passionate Acts in Greek Art and Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), pp. 40-41, ill.
Michael P. Quinlin. Irish Boston: A Lively Look at Boston's Colorful Irish Past (Guilford, Connecticut, 2004), pp. 91-92.
Thayer Tolles (ed.). American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A catalogue of works by artists born before 1865 (New York, 1999), p. 344.
MarksNotesInscribed (left side of the base): SOPHOCLES (in Greek letters)
Inscribed (right side of the base): SALAMIS (in Greek letters)
Inscribed (back side of the base): F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur Paris
Inscribed (top of the base, right side): J DONOGHVE Sc
Inscribed (top of the base, behind the raised foot): 276
Inscribed (right side of the base): SALAMIS (in Greek letters)
Inscribed (back side of the base): F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur Paris
Inscribed (top of the base, right side): J DONOGHVE Sc
Inscribed (top of the base, behind the raised foot): 276
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the American artist John Talbott Donoghue (1853-1903), Venice on 21 July 1890 for £75.
