Harpocrates
sculptor
Unknown
Date4th century BCE - 1st century CE
Place MadeEgypt, Ancient & Byzantine World-Africa
MediumBronze
Dimensions40.5 cm (15 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS15w8
eMuseum ID730022
EmbARK ObjectID11673
TMS Source ID860
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), pp. 101-02. (Egyptian, probably Ptolemaic, though possibly as early as Saite)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 2, no. 2. (Egyptian, probably Ptolemaic or Graeco-Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 2, no. 2. (Egyptian, probably Ptolemaic or Graeco-Roman)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1882.
