Processional Cross
maker
Unknown
Dateearly 15th century
Place MadeLombardy, Italy, Europe
MediumGilded copper, iron, and rock crystal on a wood core
Dimensions32.8 x 26.2 cm (12 15/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27w44
eMuseum ID728308
EmbARK ObjectID12667
TMS Source ID1731
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 24. (as "Byzantine Cross")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 240. (Spanish Gothic, 15th century)
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. 19, 48-50 figs. 24-25, 78-81, cat. 9.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 99-101, fig. 51.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 240. (Spanish Gothic, 15th century)
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. 19, 48-50 figs. 24-25, 78-81, cat. 9.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 99-101, fig. 51.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Theodor Einstein & Co., Munich on 16 August 1897 for 66 marks through her husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898).
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