(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Column

maker Unknown

MediumMarble

DimensionsHeight: 71.1 cm (28 in.)

ClassificationsArchitectural Elements

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberS5n27

eMuseum ID717853

Original NumberColumn XIX

EmbARK ObjectID11121

TMS Source ID367

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.

BibliographyNotes

Isabella Stewart Gardner. Prices Paid for Works of Art. Unpublished Manuscript. (Boston, after 1916), p. 73.

Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 63.

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner as part of a set of architectural elements (including a similar column, museum no. S5n27) from the connoisseur and art dealer Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), Florence for 17,900 lire on 6 October 1897.