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(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Basin
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Basin

Dateabout 1100
Place MadeMilan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions26.7 x 62.2 x 57.2 cm (10 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS10n9
eMuseum ID727781
EmbARK ObjectID11443
TMS Source ID652
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 62. (as North Italian, 12th century or earlier)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), p. 53, no. 9a. (North Italian, Milan (?), about 1100)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 60, no. 87.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1915.
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