Object details
Object number
SGe4
Creator(s)
Roman
Title
Eros Transported on a Dolphin: Fountain Ornament
Date
1st century - 2nd century
Medium
Greek island or western Asia Minor marble
Dimensions
45.1 x 99.1 cm (17 3/4 x 39 in.)
Additional Dimensions
H. (without plinth): 45.09 cm (17 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Possibly from a home in Zagarolo, near Rome.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as part of a fountain, museum nos. SGe3, SG-8e1, SG-8e3, and SG-8e4) on 28 October 1901, through Richard Norton.
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. European Art and the Classical Past (Cambridge, 1964), pp. 89-90.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 14-15, no. 16. (as Graeco-Roman, copy of a Hellenistic work of about 100 BCE)
Gallery
Outside
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