Object details
Object number
S21e14
Creator(s)
Italian, Venice
Title
Panel with crest
Date
1497
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
82.5 x 71 x 2.5 cm (32 1/2 x 27 15/16 x 1 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (along circular band): VINCVNT FVNA LIA NOC ITM [a version of part of a line from Vergil's Aeneid, I, 727: " . .. noctem . . funalia vincunt" torches overcome the night]
Inscribed and dated (across the base): F. ALICN . IVRECONS . L . M . ERECT . COM . VOTO. ERECT . MCCCCLXXXXVII.
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Francesco Dorigo, Venice on 22 September 1897 for 172 lire.
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. 189.
Gallery
Dutch Room
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