Capital
maker
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Date1125-1135
Place MadeAngoulême, Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe
MediumLimestone
Dimensions35.6 x 45.7 x 33 cm (14 x 18 x 13 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS9n3
eMuseum ID728306
EmbARK ObjectID11432
TMS Source ID641
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. (as French, Romanesque period, probably 12th century)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), p. 49, no. 2. (as from Angoulême (?), 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. 73, no. 102. (as from Angoulême, beginning of the 2nd quarter of the 12th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 61-62. (as French, Romanesque period, probably 12th century)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), p. 49, no. 2. (as from Angoulême (?), 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. 73, no. 102. (as from Angoulême, beginning of the 2nd quarter of the 12th century)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris with two similar objects (museum nos. S9n2 and S9n4) for 1,100 francs on 17 July 1897, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
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