Horus Hawk
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 331 BCE - 323 BCE
Place MadeEgypt, Ancient & Byzantine World-Africa
MediumGranite
Dimensions54.3 x 49.5 x 23.5 cm (21 3/8 x 19 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS5c9
eMuseum ID728403
EmbARK ObjectID11280
TMS Source ID518
Last Updated11/8/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryHorus was an ancient Egyptian god who appeared as a falcon and whose eyes were believed to represent the sun and the moon. Between 1874 and 1875, Gardner traveled to Egypt and journeyed down the Nile with her husband. She became enamored with its antiquities and writes in her travel journal a visit to the pyramids that "my heart went out to the Sphinx."
BibliographyNotesGalleria Sangiorgi. Collection de Tableaux et d'Objets d'Art qui Seront Vendus Pour le Compte de la Banque Populaire et Caisse d'Epargne de Gènes... (Rome, 6 April 1895), p. 29, lot 167. (entitled "Ibis"; as Egyptian)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 44. (Egyptian, Ptolemaic, 330-323 BCE)
Judith E Hanhisalo. “Horus: The Divine Falcon.” Fenway Court (1971), pp. 22-27, nos. 1-4. (Egyptian, 4th century BCE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 2-3, no. 3. (Egyptian, probably Ptolemaic, about 331-323 BCE)
Hilliard Goldfarb. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Companion Guide and History (Boston, 1995), p. 45. (Egyptian, Ptolemaic)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 44. (Egyptian, Ptolemaic, 330-323 BCE)
Judith E Hanhisalo. “Horus: The Divine Falcon.” Fenway Court (1971), pp. 22-27, nos. 1-4. (Egyptian, 4th century BCE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 2-3, no. 3. (Egyptian, probably Ptolemaic, about 331-323 BCE)
Hilliard Goldfarb. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Companion Guide and History (Boston, 1995), p. 45. (Egyptian, Ptolemaic)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome for 600 lire on 13 April 1895, lot 167.
