Object details
Accession number
S30e12
Primary Creator
German
Full title
Altar of Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion
Creation Date
about 1515
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as an altar depicting Joan of Arc) from the exporter Charles H. Rafard and his employee Fernand Robert, Paris for 2,500 francs on 9 May 1892.
Dimensions
131 x 152.5 cm (51 9/16 x 60 1/16 in.)
Display Media
Polychromed poplar
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
Gothic Room
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1925), p. 32. (as Saint Joan of Arc)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 263. (as Saint George and thirteen guardian saints, or possibly Saint Gereon and the Thebaic legion; as German, probably Rhenish, early 16th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 30 (22 Mar. 1964), p. 2.
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), p. 48, no. 70. (as Saint Gereon or Saint Maurice and the Thebian legion; as Upper Swabia, Memmingen, about 1515)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 97, no. 123. (as Saint Maurice and the Theban legion; Upper Rhenish or Swiss, 1515)
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