Silver Plaque of the Winged Lion of Mark
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 1300
Place MadeVeneto, Italy, Europe
MediumSilver with remains of gilding
Dimensions8.3 x 8.5 cm (3 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPlaques
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM30n14
eMuseum ID730978
EmbARK ObjectID12989
TMS Source ID2026
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 275. (of primitive workmanship, perhaps provincial Italian Gothic, 14th 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. 11 ill., 19, 50, 64-65, cat. 5.
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. 11 ill., 19, 50, 64-65, cat. 5.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer M. Guggenheim, Venice, along with four other plaques for 500 lire on 27 September 1897.
