Object details
Object number
SG8e6.a-b
Creator(s)
Roman
Title
Terminal Figure of Hercules with a Funerary Portrait of a Roman Man
Date
about 50 BCE - 25 CE
Medium
Italian limestone (?)
Dimensions
24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
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 et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 28-29, no. 35. (the head as Roman, late Republican or early imperial, about 50 BCE-25 CE)
Gallery
Outside
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