Cinerary Urn
sculptor
Unknown
Datelate 1st century
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumGreek island marble
Dimensions27.3 x 34.9 x 34.3 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsFunerary Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS8w8
eMuseum ID717047
EmbARK ObjectID11377
TMS Source ID599
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.
BibliographyNotesFriedrich Matz et al. Antike Bildwerke in Rom mit Ausschluss der grösseren Sammlungen vol. 3 (Leipzig, 1881), p. 207, no. 3968.
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI, no. 20417. (consult for earlier manuscript sources)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 54. (Roman, perhaps 2nd century [AD])
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 39-40, no. 53. (Roman, late 1st century AD, Flavian or even Trajanic)
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI, no. 20417. (consult for earlier manuscript sources)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 54. (Roman, perhaps 2nd century [AD])
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 39-40, no. 53. (Roman, late 1st century AD, Flavian or even Trajanic)
MarksNotesInscribed (central tablet): DISMANIBVS / IVLIAE / CLAVDIANAE / IVL [damage] LIO / VIXANN*X [damage] / CLAVDIARESTI / TVTAVIROET*F" ("To the Gods and Shades / To Julia Claudiana / and to Julius [damage] / Who lived for [more than] ten years / Claudia Restituta [dedicated this] / to the man and woman").
ProvenanceNotesTranscribed by the anonymous author called Hispanus Chisianus (Anonimo Spagnuolo; probably 16th century) at the church of San Biagio de l'anello, Rome.
Next documented near the Piazza di Siena at the Villa Borghese, Rome by the classicist and printer Aldus Manutius, the younger (1547-1597).
In 1881 the sculpture was in the studio of an architect named Carmini (or Carminium) on the via di San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome. Another cinerarium in the Gardner collection (museum no. SG-8e7) was also documented in this location at this time.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner probably from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome for about 40 lire on 13 April 1895.
Next documented near the Piazza di Siena at the Villa Borghese, Rome by the classicist and printer Aldus Manutius, the younger (1547-1597).
In 1881 the sculpture was in the studio of an architect named Carmini (or Carminium) on the via di San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome. Another cinerarium in the Gardner collection (museum no. SG-8e7) was also documented in this location at this time.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner probably from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome for about 40 lire on 13 April 1895.
