Object details
Accession number
S3e23
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Rectangular Cinerary Chest
Creation Date
27 BCE - 81 CE
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Dimensions
16.5 x 26.7 x 21.6 cm (6 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 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
Blue Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 28. (Roman, 1st century [CE])Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 38-39, no. 51. (Roman, Julio-Claudian or early Flavian period)
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