Cornice Fragments
maker
Unknown
Date11th century - 12th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumStone
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS31s10.a-b
eMuseum ID730658
EmbARK ObjectID19860
Original NumberS31s1
Previous NumberS31s1.7.1-2
TMS Source ID6961
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. 278. (the Gothic Room Doorway, a pastiche that incorporates this fragment, as Italian, Romanesque and Gothic fragments)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), pp. 60-61, no. 16a. (as Venetian, 11th-12th century)
Walter Cahn. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. IV. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Gesta (1969), pp. 60-61, no. 16a. (as Venetian, 11th-12th century)
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have come from the Museo dell'Opera in the Doge's Palace, Venice.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Francesco Dorigo, Venice 21 August 1899 for 80 lire.
Added by Isabella Stewart Gardner to a pastiche of architectural elements to create a doorway in 1900.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Francesco Dorigo, Venice 21 August 1899 for 80 lire.
Added by Isabella Stewart Gardner to a pastiche of architectural elements to create a doorway in 1900.
