Object details
Accession number
M27w557
Primary Creator
French
Full title
Triptych Pendant and Vessel: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
Creation Date
16th century
Provenance
Gift from the actress, singer and poet Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood, 1871-1961) to Isabella Stewart Gardner at an unknown date.
Dimensions
14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Repoussé brass inlaid with lapis lazuli, malachite, and amethyst
Web Commentary
Isabella memorialized many of her friendships by incorporating personal gifts in installations throughout the museum’s galleries. This pendant with a basin for holy water was given to Isabella by her friend, Gretchen Osgood Warren. Isabella installed it in the Long Gallery with other French enamels.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), pp. 33, 61 no. 18.
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