Object details
Object number
S27e29
Creator(s)
Roman
Title
Cinerarium or Grave Altar
Date
about 27 BCE - 68 CE
Medium
Pentelic marble
Dimensions
65 x 46.5 x 39 cm (25 9/16 x 18 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Discovered near San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome near an ancient family burial complex which contained several other cineraria (CIL nos. 34831-34837) including museum no. S27e39.
Possibly in the possession of the antiquarians and art dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo from about 1897 to 1901.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner with a second cinerarium (museum no. S27e39) probably for 14,500 lire from an unknown dealer in Rome, perhaps Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, on 25 October 1901, through the art historian and archaeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918).
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. 246. (Roman)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 33 (17 Apr. 1966), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 122-25, no. 151. (Roman, early imperial period)
Gallery
Long Gallery
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