Object details
Accession number
S13w5
Primary Creator
Italian, Northern Italy
Full title
Chancel Slab
Creation Date
8th century-9th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the marble mason and dealer Francesco Dorigo, Venice on 21 August 1899.
Dimensions
71.1 x 134.6 cm (28 x 53 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
Second Floor Stairhall and Stairway
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 5. (as "Byzantine Altar Stone")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 83, no. 4. (as Roman slab, carved in the Romanesque period)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 39 (30 May 1965), p. 2. (as Venetian)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 58, no. 82. (as North Italian, 8th-9th century)
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