Object details
Object number
S31s10.a-b
Creator(s)
Italian, Venice
Title
Cornice Fragments
Date
11th century - 12th century
Medium
Stone
Provenance
Said to have come from the Museo dell'Opera in the Doge's Palace, Venice.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Francesco Dorigo, Venice 21 August 1899 for 80 lire.
Added by Isabella Stewart Gardner to a pastiche of architectural elements to create a doorway in 1900.
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), p. 278. (the Gothic Room Doorway, a pastiche that incorporates this fragment, as Italian, Romanesque and Gothic fragments)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), pp. 60-61, no. 16a. (as Venetian, 11th-12th century)
Gallery
Third Floor Stairhall And Stairway
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