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Farnese Sarcophagus in the West Cloister

primary Unknown

publisher Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (established Boston, 1903)

Date1932

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumHand colored gelatin silver print

Dimensions20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.100015

eMuseum ID731047

Other NumberARC.100010.c

Other NumberB527

EmbARK ObjectID26449

TMS Source ID10201

Last Updated8/14/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella sometimes used objects in the courtyard as planters. This photograph was taken after her death in the early 1930s and shows lillies in the Farnese Sarcophagus (S12e3). Behind the sarcophagus you can see flowering nasturtiums hanging from the third floor balcony. This display continues an annual tradition started by Isabella marking the return of spring.

MarksNotesInscribed and dated in pencil (verso, upper center): B527 1932