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(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Capital
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Capital

Date15th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions35.6 x 31.8 x 27.9 cm (14 x 12 1/2 x 11 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS31s13.1
eMuseum ID726432
Original NumberS31s1
EmbARK ObjectID47289
Previous NumberS31s1.10.1
TMS Source ID22991
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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. 278. (the Gothic Room Doorway, a pastiche that incorporates this fragment, as Italian, Romanesque and Gothic fragments)
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Moisè Dalla Torre & Co., Venice on 24 August 1899 for 45 lire for 3 marble fragments.
Added by Isabella Stewart Gardner to a pastiche of architectural elements to create a doorway in 1900.  

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936-976
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19th century
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13th century
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13th century
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13th century
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13th century
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early 14th century
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early 14th century
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late 14th century - 16th century
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late 14th century - 16th century
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14th century