Object details
Accession number
S8n1
Primary Creator
German, Southern Germany
Full title
Patrician Family at Prayer
Creation Date
early 17th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg for 700 marks on 17 August 1897.
Dimensions
29.2 x 61 cm (11 1/2 x 24 in.)
Display Media
Limestone
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
Chinese Loggia
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 55. (as German, 16th or 17th century)
William N. Mason. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 47 (21 Jul. 1963), p. 2. (as German, 16th or 17th century)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 57, 93, no. 94. (as South German, early 17th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 151, no. 186. (as South German, early 17th century)
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