Processional Cross
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1450
Place MadeSaragossa, Aragon, Spain, Europe
MediumGilded silver with translucent enamel over silver and a wood core
Dimensions99 x 43.2 cm (39 x 17 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27e12
eMuseum ID723611
EmbARK ObjectID12466
TMS Source ID1583
Last Updated8/16/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 235. ("Spanish Gothic...said to come from the Cathedral of Burgos")
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, California, 1956), p. 196. (as Spanish Gothic, said to have come from Burgos)
Alan Chong and Giovanna De Appolonia. The Art of the Cross: Medieval and Renaissance Piety in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2001), pp. 16, 19 fig. 5, 20, 26, 48, 50-51 figs. 27-28, 84-89, cat. 11.
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, California, 1956), p. 196. (as Spanish Gothic, said to have come from Burgos)
Alan Chong and Giovanna De Appolonia. The Art of the Cross: Medieval and Renaissance Piety in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2001), pp. 16, 19 fig. 5, 20, 26, 48, 50-51 figs. 27-28, 84-89, cat. 11.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Émile Parès, Madrid, for 10,000 pesetas (with the tomb figure of a knight now in the Spanish Chapel, museum. no. S6e14) in July 1906 (as from the Cathedral of Burgos).
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