Object details
Accession number
M27w36
Primary Creator
Italian, Friuli
Full title
Processional Cross
Creation Date
early 14th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Dimensions
51.9 x 41 x 2.2 cm (20 7/16 x 16 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Display Media
Gilded copper on a wood core
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
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 241. (as French, 13th-14th 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, 40 ill., 48, 50, 66-68, cat. 6.
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