Object details
Object number
S12w11
Creator(s)
Roman
Title
Small Head of Dionysus
Date
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
Medium
Pentelic marble
Dimensions
22.9 x 8.9 x 14.6 cm (9 x 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner likely from an unkown art dealer in Rome for about 500 francs with a marble bowl (museum no. S16s24) on 2 November 1897, through the Roman art dealer Alfredo Barsanti and the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
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
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 80. (Graeco-Roman; probably a bacchante)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 26, no. 33. (Graeco-Roman, copy of a work of the 3rd century BCE; Dionysos)
Gallery
East, North, And West Cloister
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