Object details
Accession number
S16c10
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Small Head and Torso of a Silenus with Wineskin
Creation Date
2nd century -3rd century
Provenance
Discovered in Rome at an unknown date.
Collection of the painter and antiquarian Augusto Alberici (b. 1846) by 1896.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer in Rome for 100 francs on 2 November 1897, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) and the art dearler Alfredo Barsanti.
Dimensions
29 cm (11 7/16 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
S. Reinach. Répertoire de la statuaire grecque at romaine IV (1904), p. 18.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 121. (Graeco-Roman)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 42 (20 Jun. 1965), p. 2. (Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 17, no. 20. (Graeco-Roman)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Passionate Acts in Greek Art and Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), pp. 30-31, ill. 31. (Graeco-Roman, probably 2nd-3rd century AD)
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