Object details
Accession number
S9e2
Primary Creator
Spanish
Full title
Escutcheon of Charles V
Creation Date
after 1526
Provenance
Probably in the collection of the Cathedral of Granada.
Collection of the Seminary of San Cecilio.
Purchased by an unknown collector in 1888.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer S.E. Benoliel & Co., Gibraltar for $100 on 4 January 1909, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
Dimensions
127 x 91.4 x 19.1 cm (50 x 36 x 7 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Stone
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
East, North, and West Cloister
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 60-61. (as Spanish, reign of Charles V, 1519-1558)
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, California, 1956), p. 195. (as Spanish)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 22 (27 Jan. 1963), pp. 1-2. (as Spanish, reign of Charles V)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 10 (8 Nov. 1964), p. 2. (as Spanish, perhaps after the marriage of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, 1526)
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 70-71, ill. (as Spanish, probably soon after the marriage of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal)
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