Object details
Accession number
S16n4
Primary Creator
Italian, Northern Italy
Full title
Fireplace
Creation Date
15th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Antonio Carrer, Venice on 17 May 1893 for 1300 lire.
Marks
Inscribed: "MOTU ET LUMINE" [With Motion and Light]
Dimensions
172.7 x 99.1 cm (68 x 39 in.)
Display Media
Limestone with plaster hood
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
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 118. (dated as probably 15th century with a modern hood)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 4 (23 Sept. 1962), p. 2.
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