Funerary Statue of a Boy
sculptor
Unknown
Date138 - 193
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions94.3 cm (37 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberSG8e4
eMuseum ID729706
EmbARK ObjectID11391
Previous NumberSG-8e4
TMS Source ID613
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. 15, no. 17. (as Roman, perhaps of the Antonine period)
ProvenanceNotesInstalled on the pediment of a fountain (museum nos. SGe3 and SGe4) with two other sculptures (museum nos. SG-8e1 and SG-8e3) 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)
