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Caduceus
Roman
Imperial Period
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Eisenberg in memory of
Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number2009.2538
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionCaduceus comprised by serpents tied in a Herakles knot, surmounted by busts of the Dioscuroi wearing Pilos-type helmets.
Provenance1930, sold by Philipp Lederer (b. 1872 - d. 1944), Berlin, to Wilhelm Horn (b. 1870 - d. 1959), Berlin [see note 1]; by descent within the family [see note 2]; December 11, 1987, Wilhelm Horn collection and others sale, Christie's, London, lot 179, to Jerome M. Eisenberg, Royal-Athena Galleries, New York; 1989, sold by Royal-Athena Galleries to Ronald L. Henry, Metamora, MI; [see note 3] 2001, sold by Ronald L. Henry to Dr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Eisenberg, New York; 2009, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Eisenberg to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 17, 2009)
NOTES: [1] Information about Horn's acquisition taken from the 1987 Christie's catalogue. [2] Included in the exhibition Antiken aus Rheinischem Privatbesitz (Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974), cat. no. 220. [3] Lent to the Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, between 1990 and 1999:
NOTES: [1] Information about Horn's acquisition taken from the 1987 Christie's catalogue. [2] Included in the exhibition Antiken aus Rheinischem Privatbesitz (Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974), cat. no. 220. [3] Lent to the Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, between 1990 and 1999: