Decorative Colonnette
sculptor
Unknown
Date50-80 CE
Place MadeItaly, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions187 cm (73 5/8 in.) high
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS5c8
eMuseum ID728418
EmbARK ObjectID11278
TMS Source ID517
Last Updated11/16/24
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 44. (as Roman)
William N. Mason “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 6 (7 Oct. 1962), p. 2. (as old Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 52, no. 75. (as Roman, 1st or 2nd century AD)
Hilliard Goldfarb. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Companion Guide and History (Boston, 1995), p. 45.
William N. Mason “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 6 (7 Oct. 1962), p. 2. (as old Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 52, no. 75. (as Roman, 1st or 2nd century AD)
Hilliard Goldfarb. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Companion Guide and History (Boston, 1995), p. 45.
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have come from the Gardens of Sallust, Rome.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the connoisseur and art dealer Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), Florence with a second colonnette (museum no. S5c11) for about 4,675 lire on 29 September 1899.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the connoisseur and art dealer Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), Florence with a second colonnette (museum no. S5c11) for about 4,675 lire on 29 September 1899.
