Object details
Object number
M19e47
Creator(s)
Spanish
Title
Pulpit
Date
15th century - 16th century
Medium
Wrought iron
Dimensions
205.5 x 93 cm (80 7/8 x 36 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Raoul Heilbronner, Paris for 5500 francs on 23 November 1906.
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.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 156-57.
Betty Chamberlain. “Tapestry Room” in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 35.
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, California, 1956), p. 195. (as Spanish or French Gothic, 14th or 15th century)
Gallery
Tapestry Room
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