Object details
Accession number
S28e3
Primary Creator
German, Franconia
Full title
Virgin and Child with a King and Bishop
Creation Date
mid 17th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before about 1900.
Marks
Inscribed (on a sticker affixed between the King and Bishop figure, in ink): [illegible]
Dimensions
137.1 x 72.3 cm (54 x 28 7/16 in.)
Display Media
Polychromed wood
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
Chapel
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 255. (as probably South German, 16th century)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), p. 59, no. 101. (as early Baroque, Franconian, mid 17th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 152, no. 187. (as Franconian, middle of the 17th century)
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