Object details
Accession number
S16s9
Primary Creator
Greek
Full title
Statuette of a Woman
Creation Date
4th century BCE - 3rd century BCE
Provenance
Valentine's Day gift to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 14 February 1895.
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (on heart-shaped accompanying note): St Valentine 1895
Dimensions
16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Display Media
Terracotta
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
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 111. (Tangara style, 4th-3rd century BCE)Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 3, no. 4. (4th-3rd century BCE)
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