Roman Sarcophagus with Flying Erotes
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 230
Place MadeItaly, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumCrystalline Greek (Thrasian?) marble
Dimensions50.8 x 195.6 x 57.2 cm (20 x 77 x 22 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsFunerary Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberSG7e2
eMuseum ID718472
EmbARK ObjectID11333
Previous NumberSG-7e2
Previous NumberSGc9
TMS Source ID562
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. "Roman Sarcophagi in America: A Short Inventory" in Philipp von Zabern (ed.). Festschrift für Friedrich Matz (Mainz, 1962), p. 101, no. 4.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 46, no. 62. (as Roman, about 230 CE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Victory in Death: Roman Triumphal Art and Private Life." Fenway Court (1982), pp. 6-13, figs. 1, 4. (as Roman, about 250 CE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Classical Art" in James Thomas Herbert Baily (ed.). The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, "Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum" (London, 1978), p. 48, no. 7. (as Roman, about 230 CE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 46, no. 62. (as Roman, about 230 CE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Victory in Death: Roman Triumphal Art and Private Life." Fenway Court (1982), pp. 6-13, figs. 1, 4. (as Roman, about 250 CE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Classical Art" in James Thomas Herbert Baily (ed.). The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, "Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum" (London, 1978), p. 48, no. 7. (as Roman, about 230 CE)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
