Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice (with a companion carving of the Resurrection, museum no. S21e19) for about 80 lire each on 27 September 1897.
Dimensions
48.3 cm (19 in.)
Display Media
Polychromed and gilded walnut
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
Dutch Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 189. (as probably North Italian, or possibly South German, 16th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 28 (10 Mar. 1963), p. 2. (as probably northern Italian or southern German, around 1500)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 21 (19 Jan. 1964), p. 2. (identical to the 10 Mar. 1963 "Notes, Records, Comments")
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 150, no. 184. (as South German or Austrian, late 16th century)
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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.