Object details
Accession number
S9n3
Primary Creator
French, Angoulême
Full title
Capital
Creation Date
1125-1135
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris with two similar objects (museum nos. S9n2 and S9n4) for 1,100 francs on 17 July 1897, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
Dimensions
35.6 x 45.7 x 33 cm (14 x 18 x 13 in.)
Display Media
Limestone
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
East, North, and West Cloister
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 3. (as "French Gothic")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 61-62. (as French, Romanesque period, probably 12th century)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), p. 49, no. 2. (as from Angoulême (?), beginning of the 2nd quarter of the 12th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 73, no. 102. (as from Angoulême, beginning of the 2nd quarter of the 12th century)
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