Object details
Accession number
S7e2
Primary Creator
Italian, Southern Italy
Full title
Animal Base
Creation Date
13th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, Rome for a total of 1,000 lire on 28 October 1906, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950). (with museum no. S7w6)
Dimensions
48.3 x 86.4 x 41.9 cm (19 x 34 x 16 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Marble
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Spanish Cloister
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 51-52. (as apparently a bear; as probably Southern Italian, 13th century)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 33 (12 Apr. 1964), p. 2. (as a bear; as Southern Italian, 13th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 173, no. 224. (as South Italian, 13th century?)
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