Object details
Accession number
S5w26
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Angel with Franciscan Coat of Arms
Creation Date
about 1450
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the marble dealer and mason Moisè Dalla Torre, Venice for 230 lire 24 August 1899.
Dimensions
81.6 x 55.6 cm (32 1/8 x 21 7/8 in.)
Display Media
Marble
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Courtyard
Bibliography
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 128, no. 158. (as Venetian, middle of the 15th century; the arms as later)
William Barcham. "Franciscans and the Man of Sorrows in Fifteenth-Century Padua" in Xavier Seubert et al. (eds.). Beyond the Text: Franciscan Art and the Construction of Religion (Saint Bonaventure, New York, 2013), p. 64, fig. 2. (as about 1450; the arms as Franciscan)
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