Lion Antefix
maker
Unknown
Date12th century
Place MadeTuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions36.8 x 24.1 cm (14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS5s2.1
eMuseum ID717027
Original NumberS5s2-s
EmbARK ObjectID11226
TMS Source ID469
Last Updated8/14/24
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. 43. (as Romanesque)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), pp. 54-55, no. 11. (as Tuscan, 12th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 61, no. 89.
Antonella Nesi. "Stefano Bardini e Lucca, fortuna collezionistica dell'arte medievale lucchese." Scoperta armonia: Arte medievale a Lucca (Lucca: Edizioni Fondazione Ragghianti, 2014), p. 316.
Anita F. Moskowitz. "The Photographic Archive of Stefano Bardini: A Few Case Studies of Its Utility." Notes in the History of Art 37, no. 4 (Summer 2018), p. 243.
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), pp. 54-55, no. 11. (as Tuscan, 12th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 61, no. 89.
Antonella Nesi. "Stefano Bardini e Lucca, fortuna collezionistica dell'arte medievale lucchese." Scoperta armonia: Arte medievale a Lucca (Lucca: Edizioni Fondazione Ragghianti, 2014), p. 316.
Anita F. Moskowitz. "The Photographic Archive of Stefano Bardini: A Few Case Studies of Its Utility." Notes in the History of Art 37, no. 4 (Summer 2018), p. 243.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner with a second lion (museum no. S5s2.2) from the connoisseur and art dealer Stefano Bardini (1936-1922), Florence for 3,190 lire on 6 October 1897.
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