Ivory Plaquette: Crucifixion
sculptor
Unknown
Date1350-1375
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumIvory
Dimensions9.8 x 7.3 cm (3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPlaques
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27w29
eMuseum ID729699
EmbARK ObjectID12633
Original Numbernone, left of M27w28 (I&N)
TMS Source ID1702
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotes“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 38 (22 May 1966), p. 2. (15th century)
Richard H. Randall, Jr. The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), p. 104, no. 141, ill. (as French, Lorraine or Burgundy)
Nina Rowe. "Pocket Crucifixions: Jesus, Jews, and Ownership in Fourteenth-Century Ivories." Studies in Iconography 32 (2011), p. 84-85, fig. 3.
Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, accessed 2013, ill. www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 93-94, fig. 46.
Richard H. Randall, Jr. The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), p. 104, no. 141, ill. (as French, Lorraine or Burgundy)
Nina Rowe. "Pocket Crucifixions: Jesus, Jews, and Ownership in Fourteenth-Century Ivories." Studies in Iconography 32 (2011), p. 84-85, fig. 3.
Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, accessed 2013, ill. www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 93-94, fig. 46.
MarksNotesPrinted blue and white label inscribed in black ink (verso): No. 112 / TKB
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiquarian and dealer Gaetano Pepe, Naples, for about 123 lire on 26 October 1897.
