Object details
Accession number
S31s7
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Fragment of an Arch with Leaves Pecked by a Bird and a Basilisk (now part of a tympanum)
Creation Date
12th century-13th century
Provenance
Probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the marble mason and dealer Francesco Dorigo or Moisé Dalla Torre, Venice in August-September 1899.
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
Third Floor Stairhall and Stairway
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 278. (the Gothic Room Doorway, a pastiche that incorporates this fragment, as Italian, Romanesque and Gothic fragments) Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), pp. 59-60, no. 15f. (as Venetian, 12th-13th century)
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