Object details

Accession number

S31s12

Primary Creator

Italian, Venice

Full title

Small Cornice Fragment (now part of a lintel, central right piece)

Creation Date

11th century-12th 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

Stone

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. 60-61, no. 16a. (as Venetian, 12th-13th century)

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