Wheel Window
maker
Unknown
Date13th century - 14th century
Place MadeApulia, Italy, Europe
MediumA pastiche of multiple colors of limestone and some cement, plaster, and possibly stucco elements
Dimensions193 cm (76 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS30s17
eMuseum ID716743
EmbARK ObjectID12866
TMS Source ID1921
Last Updated11/12/24
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. 266. (as stone; Spanish, 13th or 14th century)
Betty Chamberlain. “Gothic Room” in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), pp. 7, 57, ill. (as Spanish, 13th or 14th century; the figures as Mary Magdalene and the Lamb of God)
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, California, 1956), p. 196. (as Spanish, 13th or 14th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 8 (21 Oct. 1962), p. 2. (Spanish, 13th or 14th century)
Hilliard Goldfarb. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Companion Guide and History (Boston, 1995), p. 135. (as Spanish, 13th or 14th century)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Guide to the Collection (Boston, 1997), p. 119. (as maybe Italian, 15th century)
Pieranna Cavalchini and Amanda Esteves-Kraus (eds.). Portrait (Boston, 2012), p. 23. (quoting the Diary of Willard T. Sears, 2, 7 November 1900)
Betty Chamberlain. “Gothic Room” in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), pp. 7, 57, ill. (as Spanish, 13th or 14th century; the figures as Mary Magdalene and the Lamb of God)
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, California, 1956), p. 196. (as Spanish, 13th or 14th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 8 (21 Oct. 1962), p. 2. (Spanish, 13th or 14th century)
Hilliard Goldfarb. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Companion Guide and History (Boston, 1995), p. 135. (as Spanish, 13th or 14th century)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Guide to the Collection (Boston, 1997), p. 119. (as maybe Italian, 15th century)
Pieranna Cavalchini and Amanda Esteves-Kraus (eds.). Portrait (Boston, 2012), p. 23. (quoting the Diary of Willard T. Sears, 2, 7 November 1900)
ProvenanceNotesPossibly designed for the transcept of an unidentified Italo-Norman church near Apulia.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837-1898), from the art dealer Saturnino Innocenti with three additional sculptural pieces (an unidentified tabernacle, marble head, and relief from a sarcophagus) for a total of 4,100 francs on about 1 November 1897.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837-1898), from the art dealer Saturnino Innocenti with three additional sculptural pieces (an unidentified tabernacle, marble head, and relief from a sarcophagus) for a total of 4,100 francs on about 1 November 1897.
