Object details
Accession number
S8w8
Primary Creator
Roman
Full title
Cinerary Urn
Creation Date
late 1st century CE
Language
Latin
Provenance
Transcribed by the anonymous author called Hispanus Chisianus (Anonimo Spagnuolo; probably 16th century) at the church of San Biagio de l'anello, Rome.
Next documented near the Piazza di Siena at the Villa Borghese, Rome by the classicist and printer Aldus Manutius, the younger (1547-1597).
In 1881 the sculpture was in the studio of an architect named Carmini (or Carminium) on the via di San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome. Another cinerarium in the Gardner collection (museum no. SG-8e7) was also documented in this location at this time.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner probably from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome for about 40 lire on 13 April 1895.
Marks
Inscribed (central tablet): DISMANIBVS / IVLIAE / CLAVDIANAE / IVL [damage] LIO / VIXANN*X [damage] / CLAVDIARESTI / TVTAVIROET*F" ("To the Gods and Shades / To Julia Claudiana / and to Julius [damage] / Who lived for [more than] ten years / Claudia Restituta [dedicated this] / to the man and woman").
Dimensions
27.3 x 34.9 x 34.3 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Greek island 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
Chinese Loggia
Bibliography
Friedrich Matz et al. Antike Bildwerke in Rom mit Ausschluss der grösseren Sammlungen vol. 3 (Leipzig, 1881), p. 207, no. 3968.
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI, no. 20417. (consult for earlier manuscript sources)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 54. (Roman, perhaps 2nd century [AD])
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 39-40, no. 53. (Roman, late 1st century AD, Flavian or even Trajanic)
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