Two Capitals
maker
Unknown
Date15th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumMarble
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS31s13.1-2
eMuseum ID730594
EmbARK ObjectID19866
Previous NumberS31s1.10.1-2
Original NumberS31s1
TMS Source ID6964
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)
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Moisè Dalla Torre & Co., Venice on 24 August 1899 for 45 lire for 3 marble fragments.
Added by Isabella Stewart Gardner to a pastiche of architectural elements to create a doorway in 1900.
Added by Isabella Stewart Gardner to a pastiche of architectural elements to create a doorway in 1900.
