Head of a Goddess
sculptor
Unknown
Date1st century - 2nd century
Place MadeAncient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions27.9 x 20.3 x 19.1 cm (11 x 8 x 7 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS16w18
eMuseum ID727756
EmbARK ObjectID11753
TMS Source ID927
Last Updated10/31/24
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. 119. (Graeco-Roman, archaistic, 1st-2nd century [AD], in imitation of the archaic style of the 4th century BCE)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 35 (8 May 1966), p. 2. (Roman, archaistic, 1st-2nd century AD)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 27, no. 34. (Graeco-Roman, archaistic, imitating the work of about 510 BCE; possibly modified by the Italian sculptor and forger Alceo Dossena, 1878-1936)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 35 (8 May 1966), p. 2. (Roman, archaistic, 1st-2nd century AD)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 27, no. 34. (Graeco-Roman, archaistic, imitating the work of about 510 BCE; possibly modified by the Italian sculptor and forger Alceo Dossena, 1878-1936)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown art dealer in Rome for probably 8,000 lire in October 1899, through the art historian and archaeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918).
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