Processional Cross
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1450
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumGilded copper on a wood core
Dimensions52 x 29.8 cm (20 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM30c17
eMuseum ID720277
Previous Number848
EmbARK ObjectID14852
TMS Source ID3534
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. 277. (as probably provincial Italian, 14th or 15th 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. 16, 19, 20, 37 fig. 15, 48, 50, 73-77, cat. 8.
Manlio Leo Mezzacasa. Divine Splendour: Relics, reliquearies and liturgical vessels in Venice ca. 1300-1475. (Padua, 2019), pp. 166, fig. 139.
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. 16, 19, 20, 37 fig. 15, 48, 50, 73-77, cat. 8.
Manlio Leo Mezzacasa. Divine Splendour: Relics, reliquearies and liturgical vessels in Venice ca. 1300-1475. (Padua, 2019), pp. 166, fig. 139.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg, on 17 August 1897 for 550 marks.
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