Terminal Figure of Hercules with a Funerary Portrait of a Roman Man
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 50 BCE - 25 CE
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumItalian limestone (?)
Dimensions24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberSG8e6.a-b
eMuseum ID729696
Previous NumberSG-8e6
EmbARK ObjectID11393
TMS Source ID615
Last Updated8/14/24
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), pp. 28-29, no. 35. (the head as Roman, late Republican or early imperial, about 50 BCE-25 CE)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
Unknown
about 50 BCE - 60 CE (with Renaissance restorations)
