Object details
Accession number
S28e11
Primary Creator
Hans Degler
(Munich, 1564 - 1637, Weilheim)
Full title
Saint Michael
Creation Date
about 1600
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Theodor Einstein & Co., Munich for about 120 marks on 16 August 1897 through her husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898).
Marks
Inscribed (front of stand): S. Michael
Inscribed in ink (back of stand): 1676
Dimensions
68 cm (26 3/4 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. 256. (as South German, about 1550)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 57, 83, fig. 93. (as circle of Degler, Munich, about 1600)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 150, no. 185. (as circle of Hans Degler, about 1600)
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