Object details
Accession number
S5s43
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Post with Lion and Shield
Creation Date
15th century
Provenance
Purchased from the marble mason and dealer Francesco Dorigo, Venice for 225 lire on 25 September 1897.
Dimensions
153.7 x 21 x 22.2 cm (60 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Istrian Stone
Dimension Notes
Lion: 40.96 x 20.96 x 22.23 cm (16 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Column: 112.71 x 20.96 x 22.23 cm (44 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Web Commentary
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Permanent Gallery Location
Courtyard
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 46. (as Venetian, 15th century; the arms as perhaps monastic)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 128, no. 157. (as Venetian, 15th century)
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