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(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Two Spiral Columns
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Two Spiral Columns

Date15th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumStone
Dimensions106.7 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm (42 x 12 x 12 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS31s14.1-2
eMuseum ID730571
EmbARK ObjectID19868
Previous NumberS31s1.11.1-2
Original NumberS31s1
TMS Source ID6965
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. 278. (the Gothic Room Doorway, a pastiche that incorporates this fragment, as Italian, Romanesque and Gothic fragments)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Emilio Costantini, Florence on 6 October 1897 for 300 lire. 
Added by Isabella Stewart Gardner to a pastiche of architectural elements to create a doorway in 1900.   

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