Impost Block: Scenes of the Passion
maker
Unknown
Date1125-1135
Place MadeWestern France, France, Europe
MediumLimestone
Dimensions27.9 x 61 x 45.1 cm (11 x 24 x 17 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS9n2
eMuseum ID730522
EmbARK ObjectID11430
TMS Source ID639
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 3. (as "French Gothic")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 61-62. (French, Romanesque period, probably 12th century)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), p. 50, no. 3. (as Western France, beginning of the 2nd quarter of the 12th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 74, no. 103.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 61-62. (French, Romanesque period, probably 12th century)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), p. 50, no. 3. (as Western France, beginning of the 2nd quarter of the 12th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 74, no. 103.
ProvenanceNotesLikely created for the same unknown French Romanesque church as the stylistically similar capital or impost block, museum no. S9n4.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris with two similar objects (museum nos. S9n3 and S9n4) for 1,100 francs on 17 July 1897, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris with two similar objects (museum nos. S9n3 and S9n4) for 1,100 francs on 17 July 1897, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
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