Chancel Slab
sculptor
Unknown
Date8th century - 9th century
Place MadeNorthern Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions71.1 x 134.6 cm (28 x 53 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS13w5
eMuseum ID724874
EmbARK ObjectID11623
TMS Source ID813
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. 5. (as "Byzantine Altar Stone")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 83, no. 4. (as Roman slab, carved in the Romanesque period)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 39 (30 May 1965), p. 2. (as Venetian)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 58, no. 82. (as North Italian, 8th-9th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 83, no. 4. (as Roman slab, carved in the Romanesque period)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 39 (30 May 1965), p. 2. (as Venetian)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 58, no. 82. (as North Italian, 8th-9th century)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the marble mason and dealer Francesco Dorigo, Venice on 21 August 1899.
