Corinthian capital from a funerary monument
about 300–250 B.C.
Place of ManufactureProbably from Tarentum, South Italy
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsHeight x width: 6 x 16.8 cm (2 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession number1986.1020
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to be from a private collection in Lugano. 1970: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, and André Emmerich Gallery, 41 East 57th Street, New York (Art of Ancient Italy, April 4 to 29, 1970, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, no. 88); April 22, 1970, sold by André Emmerich Gallery to Emily (Mrs. Cornelius C.) Vermeule III, Cambridge, MA (loaned to MFA by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III, May 8, 1970); December 1986: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA.
4th century B.C.
about 540 B.C.
about 480–450 B.C.
about 450 B.C.
about A.D. 130–140
mid 5th century A.D. – mid 6th century A.D.
6th century A.D.
4th century B.C.?
about 450 B.C.
about 450 B.C.