Object details
Object number
S27e23
Creator(s)
Greco-Roman
Title
Herm of Dionysos
Date
50 BCE - 125 CE
Medium
Pentelic marble
Dimensions
40.5 x 29.2 x 24.8 cm (15 15/16 x 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
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.
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 23. (as Greek bust)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 245. (Graeco-Roman, 1st century [CE])
Walter Cahn, et al. “Adventures of a Graeco-Roman Marble Herm.” Fenway Court (1970), pp. 26-32. (created in Athens for export to Italy or in the Italian peninsula, about 50 BCE-125 CE, after Athenian models of the 5th century BCE, reworked in the Middle Ages)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 31, no. 40. (Graeco-Roman, about 50 BCE-125 CE, after an original of about 460-420 BCE, reworked probably in Northern Italy, early 13th century)
Gallery
Long Gallery
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