Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner with a second lion (museum no. S5s2.1) from the connoisseur and art dealer Stefano Bardini (1936-1922), Florence for 3,190 lire on 6 October 1897.
Dimensions
36.8 x 24.1 cm (14 1/2 x 9 1/2 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
Courtyard
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 43. (as Romanesque)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), pp. 54-55, no. 11. (as Tuscan, 12th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 61, no. 90.
Antonella Nesi. "Stefano Bardini e Lucca, fortuna collezionistica dell'arte medievale lucchese." Scoperta armonia: Arte medievale a Lucca (Lucca: Edizioni Fondazione Ragghianti, 2014), p. 316.
Anita F. Moskowitz. "The Photographic Archive of Stefano Bardini: A Few Case Studies of Its Utility." Notes in the History of Art 37, no. 4 (Summer 2018), p. 243.
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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.