Object details

Accession number

S7w11

Primary Creator

Roman, Rome

Full title

Sarcophagus

Creation Date

19th century

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before about 1897.

Dimensions

55.9 x 205.7 x 61 cm (22 x 81 x 24 in.)

Display Media

Proconessian 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

Spanish Cloister

Bibliography

Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 51. (structure as antique; carving as recent, in imitation of the Roman style of the 6th century)
William N. Mason. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 21 (20 Jan. 1963), p. 2. (as "old Roman sarcophagus")
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 48-49, no. 65. (as Roman, possibly 19th century, style of the 5th or 6th century AD)

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