Object details
Accession number
S12n6
Primary Creator
Byzantine, Ravenna
Full title
Byzantine Impost Block
Creation Date
7th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Dimensions
31.8 x 47 x 63.5 cm (12 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 25 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
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 77. (as Byzantine-Venetian style characteristic of 9th - 11th centuries)
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