Polychromed and gilded wood
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40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.)
Object details
Accession number
S28w13
Primary Creator
German, Bavaria
Full title
Saint Nicholas (?)
Creation Date
16th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (with a second object, an unidentified box) from the antique dealers Koopman & Co., Boston for a total of $35 on 3 April 1894.
Dimensions
40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.)
Display Media
Polychromed and gilded 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. (the figure as a bishop, St. Nicholas (?); as Italian, 15th century?)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 177, no. 248. (the figure as St. Nicholas (?); as Bavarian, 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.