Object details
Accession number
S27e23
Primary Creator
Greco-Roman
Full title
Herm of Dionysos
Creation Date
50 BCE - 125 CE
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
Dimensions
40.5 x 29.2 x 24.8 cm (15 15/16 x 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 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
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 23. (as Greek bust)Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 245. (Graeco-Roman, 1st century [CE])Walter Cahn, et al. “Adventures of a Graeco-Roman Marble Herm.” Fenway Court (1970), pp. 26-32. (created in Athens for export to Italy or in the Italian peninsula, about 50 BCE-125 CE, after Athenian models of the 5th century BCE, reworked in the Middle Ages)Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 31, no. 40. (Graeco-Roman, about 50 BCE-125 CE, after an original of about 460-420 BCE, reworked probably in Northern Italy, early 13th century)
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