Doorway with Relief of Saint George and the Dragon
maker
Unknown
Date15th century
Place MadeLiguria, Italy, Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions405.8 x 238.8 cm (159 3/4 x 94 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberSOn4
eMuseum ID721492
EmbARK ObjectID13341
Original NumberSOn4
Previous NumberSOn4.a-h
TMS Source ID2308
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis doorway is the original formal entrance to the Museum. Carved in Liguria, Italy in the 1400s, the lintel features a scene of Saint George, a Christian knight who saved a city (and its princess) from a marauding dragon.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 3. (as "Italian Renaissance")
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), p. 168. (as from Florence)
Morris Carter. "Mrs. Gardner & The Treasures of Fenway Court" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 57.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 33 (12 Apr. 1964), p. 2. (as Renaissance)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 136-37, no. 168. (as Genoese, 15th century)
Mauro Mussolin. "Fiori di blasoneria. Gli stemmi di Sisto IV e Antonio Basso della Rovere d'Aragona ne sovrapporta di Villa La Pietra a Firenze" in Machtelt Israëls and Louis A Waldman (eds.). Renaissance Studies in Honor of Joseph Connors (Florence, 2013), pp. 249, 831, fig. 7. (as late 15th century)
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), p. 168. (as from Florence)
Morris Carter. "Mrs. Gardner & The Treasures of Fenway Court" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 57.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 33 (12 Apr. 1964), p. 2. (as Renaissance)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 136-37, no. 168. (as Genoese, 15th century)
Mauro Mussolin. "Fiori di blasoneria. Gli stemmi di Sisto IV e Antonio Basso della Rovere d'Aragona ne sovrapporta di Villa La Pietra a Firenze" in Machtelt Israëls and Louis A Waldman (eds.). Renaissance Studies in Honor of Joseph Connors (Florence, 2013), pp. 249, 831, fig. 7. (as late 15th century)
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have come from a house in Savona, a port city in Liguria, near Genoa.
Purchased from the antiquarian and dealer Professor Emilio Costantini, Florence for about 7,560 lire on 6 October 1897.
Purchased from the antiquarian and dealer Professor Emilio Costantini, Florence for about 7,560 lire on 6 October 1897.
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