Object details
Accession number
M27w21
Primary Creator
French, Limoges
Full title
Book Cover Plaque: The Crucifixion
Creation Date
about 1200-1220
Object Case
Horn Book Case
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer A.S. Drey, Munich on 11 August 1897 for 700 marks. (as 14th century)
Dimensions
22.9 x 10.8 cm (9 x 4 1/4 in.)
Display Media
Champlevé enamel on copper, partly gilded
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. 248. (as probably French, Limoges, about 1200)
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 56. (as Byzantine; enamelled copper plaque from a book cover)
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. 51, 60-61, no. 3. (as French, Limoges, about 1200-1220)
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