Object details
Object number
M15w29
Creator(s)
French
Title
Crucifix
Date
about 1500
Medium
Partly gilded copper alloy
Dimensions
44 x 33.6 cm (17 5/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Additional Dimensions
Corpus: 21.5 x 20.5 cm
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
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.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 99. (as French, probably 14th century)
Alan Chong and Giovanna De Appolonia. The Art of the Cross: Medieval and Renaissance Piety in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2001), pp. 48, 94-95, cat. 13. (as French or Italian (?), about 1500)
Gallery
Early Italian Room
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