Object details
Accession number
S5s18
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Torso and Right Leg of Dionysus
Creation Date
27 BCE - 68 CE
Provenance
Documented in Rome by the German classical archaeologist Paul Julius Arndt (1865-1937) in 1887, where it was likely discovered.
Likely purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, Rome with several other objects for a total of 6,160 lire on 28 October 1906, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
Dimensions
62 x 34.3 x 17.8 cm (24 7/16 x 13 1/2 x 7 in.)
Display Media
Greek marble from western Asia Minor (?)
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Courtyard
Bibliography
Paul Arndt et al. Einzelaufnahmen griechischer römischer Skulptur (Munich, 1887), nos. 812-13. ("Good copy of an Apollo figure related to the Mantua type, somewhat more developed than that")S. Reinach. Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine II (Paris, 1931), p. 785, no. 5.Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 20-21, no. 25. (Graeco-Roman, early imperial period, after a Greek work of about 440 BCE under Polykleitan influence)
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