Relief with Lion and Shields
sculptor
Unknown
Date15th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumStone
Dimensions49.2 x 153.4 cm (19 3/8 x 60 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberSGs6
eMuseum ID722359
EmbARK ObjectID13486
TMS Source ID2416
Last Updated10/8/24
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.
BibliographyNotes"Mrs. Gardner's Latest Activity: Storehouse Built as Costly as Palace." Boston Sunday Herald (Boston), 8 Dec. 1907, ill. (as "a reproduction of the Lion of St. Mark's")
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 175, no. 235. (as Italian, 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 175, no. 235. (as Italian, 15th century)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the marble dealer and mason Moisè dalla Torre, Venice for 225 lire on 25 September 1906.
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