Object details
Object number
S8e6
Creator(s)
Spanish
Title
Capital and Column
Date
936-976
Medium
Gesso and paint on marble
Dimensions
Height (overall): 212.1 cm (83 1/2 in.)
Additional Dimensions
Capital: 22.2 x 26.4 x 24.8 cm (8 3/4 x 10 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Column: 189.9 x 17.8 cm (74 3/4 x 7 in.)
Provenance
Probably from the palace city of Madinat al-Zahra built a few miles outside of Cordoba by the caliph Abd al-Rahman III (891-961 AD).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer in Seville for $200 before 4 November 1904, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950). Two never arrived to Boston. (with museum no. S8e8)
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. 56. (as Arabic, Hispano-Moresque)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 150-51, no. 62. (as Spanish (Hispano-Moresque), 10th century or later; as later than museum no. S8e8 or "provincial work")
Gallery
Chinese Loggia
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