Object details
Object number
M19w37
Creator(s)
Italian, Umbria
Title
Processional Cross
Date
about 1450
Medium
Partly gilded silver on a wood core
Dimensions
54 x 28.7 cm (21 1/4 x 11 5/16 in.)
Additional Dimensions
54 x 28.7 cm (including iron pin)
Depth: 3.3 cm at the head of Mary Magdalene
Provenance
Acquired by the American art historian Stanley B. Lothrop (1881-after 1942) in Perugia on the advice of Umberto Gnoli (1878-1947), an expert on the art of Umbria.
Gift from Stanley B. Lothrop to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1915.
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. 166. (as Italian, 16th century)
Alan Chong and Giovanna De Appolonia. The Art of the Cross: Medieval and Renaissance Piety in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2001), pp.19, 47-50 figs. 20-23 and 26, 82-83, cat. 10. (as Italian (Umbria), about 1450)
Gallery
Tapestry Room
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