Object details
Accession number
S5c7
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Cinerarium or Grave Altar
Creation Date
about 27 BCE - 68 CE
Provenance
Said to have come from the Gardens of Sallust, Rome.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner as a base for the attached colonnette (museum no. S5c8) from the connoisseur and art dealer Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), Florence with a second cinerarium (museum no. S5c10) for about 2,550 lire on 29 September 1899.
Dimensions
61.6 x 38.7 x 38.7 cm (24 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.)
Display Media
Pentelic marble (?)
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
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 44. (Roman, 1st century [CE])William N. Mason “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 6 (7 Oct. 1962), p. 2. (Roman)Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 36, no. 47. (Roman, early imperial period)
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