Object details
Accession number
S5s10
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Decorative Relief
Creation Date
12th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the marble mason and dealer Francesco Dorigo, Venice for about 20 lire on 22 September 1897.
Dimensions
103.5 x 59.7 cm (40 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
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
Courtyard
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 42. (as probably Byzantine)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), pp. 55-56, no. 12. (as Venetian, 13th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 61-62, no. 91. (as Venetian, 12th century)
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