Object details
Accession number
SG7e2
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Sarcophagus with Flying Erotes
Creation Date
about 230 CE
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
Dimensions
50.8 x 195.6 x 57.2 cm (20 x 77 x 22 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Crystalline Greek (Thrasian?) 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
Outside
Bibliography
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Roman Sarcophagi in America: A Short Inventory" in Philipp von Zabern (ed.). Festschrift für Friedrich Matz (Mainz, 1962), p. 101, no. 4.Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 46, no. 62. (as Roman, about 230 CE)Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Victory in Death: Roman Triumphal Art and Private Life." Fenway Court (1982), pp. 6-13, figs. 1, 4. (as Roman, about 250 CE)Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Classical Art" in James Thomas Herbert Baily (ed.). The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, "Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum" (London, 1978), p. 48, no. 7. (as Roman, about 230 CE)
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