Terminal Figure of Omphale with Funerary Portrait of a Roman Woman,
about 50 BCE - 60 CE (with Renaissance restorations)
Luna marble (?)
,
25.4 cm (10 in.)
Object details
Accession number
SG8e5
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Terminal Figure of Omphale with Funerary Portrait of a Roman Woman
Creation Date
about 50 BCE - 60 CE (with Renaissance restorations)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
Dimensions
25.4 cm (10 in.)
Display Media
Luna 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 et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 28-29, no. 36. (the head as Roman, late Republican or early imperial, about 50 BCE-60 CE)
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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.
