Torso and Right Leg of Dionysus
sculptor
Unknown
Date27 BCE - 68 CE
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumGreek marble from western Asia Minor (?)
Dimensions62 x 34.3 x 17.8 cm (24 7/16 x 13 1/2 x 7 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS5s18
eMuseum ID716950
EmbARK ObjectID11230
TMS Source ID473
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesPaul Arndt et al. Einzelaufnahmen griechischer römischer Skulptur (Munich, 1887), nos. 812-13. ("Good copy of an Apollo figure related to the Mantua type, somewhat more developed than that")
S. Reinach. Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine II (Paris, 1931), p. 785, no. 5.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 20-21, no. 25. (Graeco-Roman, early imperial period, after a Greek work of about 440 BCE under Polykleitan influence)
S. Reinach. Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine II (Paris, 1931), p. 785, no. 5.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 20-21, no. 25. (Graeco-Roman, early imperial period, after a Greek work of about 440 BCE under Polykleitan influence)
ProvenanceNotesDocumented in Rome by the German classical archaeologist Paul Julius Arndt (1865-1937) in 1887, where it was likely discovered.
Likely purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, Rome with several other objects for a total of 6,160 lire on 28 October 1906, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
Likely purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, Rome with several other objects for a total of 6,160 lire on 28 October 1906, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
