Object details
Accession number
M28e25
Primary Creator
Spanish, Castilla y León
Full title
Lectern
Creation Date
15th century
Provenance
Collection of Herbert P. Weissberger, Almoneda Collection, Madrid.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Almoneda Collection sale at the American Art Galleries, New York for $82.50 on 29 April 1921, lot 816 through the American Art Association, the painter Martin Mower (1870-1960) and the art dealer Adam E. Marriman Paff (d. 1932), Durlacher Bros., London.
Dimensions
134.5 cm (52 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Wrought iron
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
The American Art Association. Spanish Art Treasures Collected by Herbert P. Weissberger of Madrid, Spain Known as the Almoneda Collection... (New York, 26-30 April 1921), lot 816.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 258. (as Castilian, dated 15th century)
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