Small Head and Torso of a Silenus with Wineskin
sculptor
Unknown
Date2nd century - 3rd century
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions29 cm (11 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS16c10
eMuseum ID729999
EmbARK ObjectID11829
TMS Source ID991
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.
BibliographyNotesS. Reinach. Répertoire de la statuaire grecque at romaine IV (1904), p. 18.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 121. (Graeco-Roman)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 42 (20 Jun. 1965), p. 2. (Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 17, no. 20. (Graeco-Roman)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Passionate Acts in Greek Art and Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), pp. 30-31, ill. 31. (Graeco-Roman, probably 2nd-3rd century AD)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 121. (Graeco-Roman)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 42 (20 Jun. 1965), p. 2. (Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 17, no. 20. (Graeco-Roman)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Passionate Acts in Greek Art and Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), pp. 30-31, ill. 31. (Graeco-Roman, probably 2nd-3rd century AD)
ProvenanceNotesDiscovered in Rome at an unknown date.
Collection of the painter and antiquarian Augusto Alberici (b. 1846) by 1896.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer in Rome for 100 francs on 2 November 1897, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) and the art dearler Alfredo Barsanti.
Collection of the painter and antiquarian Augusto Alberici (b. 1846) by 1896.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer in Rome for 100 francs on 2 November 1897, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) and the art dearler Alfredo Barsanti.
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