Terminal Figure of Hercules with a Funerary Portrait of a Roman Man,
about 50 BCE - 25 CE
Italian limestone (?)
,
24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Object details
Accession number
SG8e6.a-b
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Terminal Figure of Hercules with a Funerary Portrait of a Roman Man
Creation Date
about 50 BCE - 25 CE
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
Dimensions
24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Italian limestone (?)
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. 35. (the head as Roman, late Republican or early imperial, about 50 BCE-25 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.
