Object details
Object number
C6e4
Creator(s)
European
Title
Saint Peter
Date
16th century - 17th century
Medium
Stained glass
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg, on 11 August 1875 (as dated about 1480). It was valued at 30 florins, but this and two other small windows (C6e7 and C6e12) were included free of charge in the purchase of 8 larger windows now in the Gothic Room and Long Gallery Chapel that totaled 3400 florins.
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.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 47 (grouped with other painted glass).
Gallery
Spanish Chapel
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