Given to Isabella Stewart Gardner by her nephew the classicist William Amory Gardner (1863-1937) at an unknown date. The sculpture was possibly purchased by him in Athens in 1886, or in Egypt in 1905.
Dimensions
8.3 x 9.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Bronze
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
Short Gallery
Bibliography
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 6, no. 9. (Hellenistic or Graeco-Roman, perhaps at the height of the Roman imperial period)
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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.
