Object details
Accession number
T20w7.a
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Fragment of an Orphrey with Figures of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Barbara
Creation Date
about 1525-1550
Description
Human figures
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer F. Villegas, Rome in 1895 for 2200 lire (as a set with museum no. T17w15.a-b)
Dimensions
93.3 x 20 cm (36 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Display Media
Linen tabby embroidered with silk, gilt, and silver yarns
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 Passage
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 134. (as Italian, dated 16th or 18th century; as a set with textiles in Short Gallery cases)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 143, no. 90b, ill. (as Italian, dated 1525-1550)
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