Object details
Accession number
M19w37
Primary Creator
Italian, Umbria
Full title
Processional Cross
Creation Date
about 1450
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.
Dimensions
54 x 28.7 cm (21 1/4 x 11 5/16 in.)
Display Media
Partly gilded silver on a wood core
Dimension Notes
54 x 28.7 cm (including iron pin)
Depth: 3.3 cm at the head of Mary Magdalene
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
Tapestry Room
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)
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