This chapel—one of two in the Museum—captures Isabella Gardner’s interest in the many and various ways art has been used in the service of religion. It also indicates her interest in Spanish art, which increased later in her collecting career. On the floor is an alabaster tomb figure of a knight, which Gardner purchased during her last European trip in 1906. And on the wall above the altar is another Spanish work, bought on an earlier trip: The Virgin of Mercy from the studio of Francisco de Zurbarán. Isabella Gardner once hung this painting in her bedroom and moved it to this location in 1915. This intimate gallery evokes Gardner’s own strong religious feelings, particularly the devotion associated with mourning. The words “In Memoriam” are painted over the doorway inside, and she left instructions that her body should lie in state just outside the Spanish Chapel before her funeral.