Object details
Accession number
S12w9
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Small Head of Hermes
Creation Date
2nd century BCE - 3rd century CE
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
Dimensions
14 x 14 x 15.2 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 6 in.)
Display Media
Greek 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
East, North, and West Cloister
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 81. (Graeco-Roman)Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 25-26, no. 32. (Graeco Roman, copy of a work of the 4th century BCE)
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