Object details
Accession number
S16s23
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Small Altar with Dionysiac Reliefs
Creation Date
2nd century CE - 3rd century CE
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the connoisseur and art dealer Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), Florence for about 1,200 lire on 6 October 1897.
Dimensions
67.5 x 37 x 40.5 cm (26 9/16 x 14 9/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Pentelic 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
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 109. (Roman)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 15 (9 Dec. 1962), p. 2.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 9 (31 Oct. 1965), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 41-42, no. 56. (Roman, probably 2nd or 3rd century AD)
Olaf Dräger. Religionem significare: Studien zu reich verzierten römischen Altären und Basen aus Marmor (Mainz, 1994), pp. 167-73, nos. 100.1-.3.
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