Object details
Accession number
S8w5
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Head of Silenus with Liknon
Creation Date
200 CE - 240 CE
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Perhaps purchased from an unknown dealer in Rome for 400 francs on 2 November 1897, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) and the dealer of Roman art Alfredo Barsanti.
Dimensions
26.7 x 29.2 x 14 cm (10 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Crystalline Greek marble (perhaps from northwest 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
Chinese Loggia
Bibliography
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 17, no. 21. (Graeco-Roman, late Severan period, about 200-240 AD)
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