Crucifix
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1500
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumPartly gilded copper alloy
Dimensions44 x 33.6 cm (17 5/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM15w29
eMuseum ID729665
EmbARK ObjectID11692
TMS Source ID879
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. 99. (as French, probably 14th century)
Alan Chong and Giovanna De Appolonia. The Art of the Cross: Medieval and Renaissance Piety in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2001), pp. 48, 94-95, cat. 13. (as French or Italian (?), about 1500)
Alan Chong and Giovanna De Appolonia. The Art of the Cross: Medieval and Renaissance Piety in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2001), pp. 48, 94-95, cat. 13. (as French or Italian (?), about 1500)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
