Torso and Leg of Dionysus or Apollo
sculptorSchool of
Pasiteles
(active Greece, 90 BCE - 50 BCE, Magna Graecia Southern Italy)
Dateabout 50 BCE
Place MadeItaly, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumGreek island marble
Dimensions87.6 x 34.9 x 17.1 cm (34 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS8e3
eMuseum ID729725
EmbARK ObjectID11388
TMS Source ID610
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 56. (Graeco-Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 19-20, no. 24. (Graeco-Roman, Pasitelean school, about 50 BCE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 19-20, no. 24. (Graeco-Roman, Pasitelean school, about 50 BCE)
ProvenanceNotesEnter Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
