Eros Apoxyomenos (Funerary Statue of a Boy)
sculptor
Unknown
Date3rd century
Place MadeItaly, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumMarble (with concrete restorations throughout)
Dimensions86 cm (33 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberSG8e3
eMuseum ID729680
Previous NumberSG-8e3
EmbARK ObjectID11389
TMS Source ID611
Last Updated10/9/24
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 et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 16, no. 19. (the boy's head as Graeco-Roman, 3rd century AD)
ProvenanceNotesInstalled on the pediment of a fountain (museum nos. SGe3 and SGe4) with two other sculptures (museum nos. SG-8e1 and SG-8e4) at a post-antique date.
Possibly from a home in Zagarolo, near Rome.
The fountain was purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner through the art historian and archaeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918) on 28 October 1901.
Possibly from a home in Zagarolo, near Rome.
The fountain was purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner through the art historian and archaeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918) on 28 October 1901.
Unknown
about 50 BCE - 60 CE (with Renaissance restorations)
