Archaistic Torso of a Goddess
sculptorWorkshop of
Pasiteles
(active Greece, 90 BCE - 50 BCE, Magna Graecia Southern Italy)
Dateabout 50 BCE
Place MadeItaly, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions88 x 39 x 22 cm (34 5/8 x 15 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS5s41
eMuseum ID716963
EmbARK ObjectID11233
TMS Source ID476
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.
BibliographyNotesCornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 11, no. 13. (Roman, late Republican, about 50 BCE, perhaps the workshop of Pasiteles)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 122-23, ill. 123.
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 122-23, ill. 123.
ProvenanceNotesPossibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art historian and archeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918), Rome (?) after 14 December 1899.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1902.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1902.
