Object details
Accession number
SGe4
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Eros Transported on a Dolphin: Fountain Ornament
Creation Date
1st century -2nd century
Provenance
Possibly from a home in Zagarolo, near Rome. Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as part of a fountain, museum nos. SGe3, SG-8e1, SG-8e3, and SG-8e4) on 28 October 1901, through Richard Norton.
Dimensions
45.1 x 99.1 cm (17 3/4 x 39 in.)
Display Media
Greek island or western Asia Minor marble
Dimension Notes
H. (without plinth): 45.09 cm (17 3/4 in.)
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. European Art and the Classical Past (Cambridge, 1964), pp. 89-90.Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 14-15, no. 16. (as Graeco-Roman, copy of a Hellenistic work of about 100 BCE)
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