Torso of a Man
sculptor
Unknown
Date1st century - 2nd century
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumCrystalline marble from northern Greece (?)
Dimensions68.9 cm (27 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS8e10
eMuseum ID731090
EmbARK ObjectID11400
TMS Source ID619
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 57 (Graeco-Roman, perhaps after a Greek original from the Transitional era, 480-450 BCE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 18-19, no. 22. (Graeco-Roman, copy of a work of about 440 BCE or earlier, Transitional style, perhaps after the Kassel Apollo housed at the Louvre)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 18-19, no. 22. (Graeco-Roman, copy of a work of about 440 BCE or earlier, Transitional style, perhaps after the Kassel Apollo housed at the Louvre)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before about 1896-1897.
