Object details
              Object number
        SG7e1
            Creator(s)
              
                      Roman
                    
        
                    Title
        Sarcophagus with Dionysiac Scenes
                    Date
        3rd century
                    Medium
        Marble
                                                  Dimensions
        49.3 x 200.7 x 57.2 cm (19 7/16 x 79 x 22 1/2 in.)
                                Provenance
        Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
                    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
        Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Roman Sarcophagi in America: A Short Inventory" in Philipp von Zabern (ed.). Festschrift für Friedrich Matz (Mainz, 1962), p. 100, no. 3. 
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 43, no. 59. (as Roman, 3rd century AD)
Christina Nielsen et. al. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Guide (New Haven, 2017), p. 49.
                    Gallery
        Outside
                  
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