Object details
Accession number
S5s41
Primary Creator
Pasiteles
(active Greece, 90 BCE - 50 BCE, Magna Graecia Southern Italy)
Full title
Archaistic Torso of a Goddess
Creation Date
about 50 BCE
Provenance
Possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art historian and archeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918), Rome (?) after 14 December 1899.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1902.
Dimensions
88 x 39 x 22 cm (34 5/8 x 15 3/8 x 8 11/16 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
Courtyard
Bibliography
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 11, no. 13. (Roman, late Republican, about 50 BCE, perhaps the workshop of Pasiteles)Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 122-23, ill. 123.
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