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Terminal Figure of Omphale with Funerary Portrait of a Roman Woman
Terminal Figure of Omphale with Funerary Portrait of a Roman Woman
Terminal Figure of Omphale with Funerary Portrait of a Roman Woman

Terminal Figure of Omphale with Funerary Portrait of a Roman Woman

maker
Dateabout 50 BCE - 60 CE (with Renaissance restorations)
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumLuna marble (?)
Dimensions25.4 cm (10 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberSG8e5
eMuseum ID729709
Previous NumberSG-8e5
EmbARK ObjectID11392
TMS Source ID614
Last Updated10/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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), pp. 28-29, no. 36. (the head as Roman, late Republican or early imperial, about 50 BCE-60 CE)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.