Object details
Accession number
S30e20
Primary Creator
German, Lower Rhenish
Full title
Magus
Creation Date
early 16th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris for 1346 francs by 15 December 1897, through Fernand Robert her regular agent in Paris.
Marks
Inscribed (in ink on a clipping from a French sale catalogue affixed to the Magus's shoulder): U La figure Sans Bras [gloria?] (U the figure without an arm [the final word is uncertain])
Inscribed (a sticker affixed to the Magus's chest): 22
Dimensions
170 cm (66 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Polychromed and gilded basswood
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 German, 15th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 264. (as French, early 16th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 149, no. 182. (as Lower Rhenish, early 16th century)
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