Object details
Accession number
S31s4
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Capital
Creation Date
late 15th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice for about 80 lire on 27 September 1897.
Dimensions
53.5 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm (21 1/16 x 17 x 17 in.)
Display Media
Polychromed stone
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
Third Floor Stairhall and Stairway
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 278-79. (as 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 176, no. 242. (as Venetian, late 15th century)
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