Object details
Accession number
F30s16.1
Primary Creator
French
Full title
Part of a Door Jamb with the Story of Joachim and Anne
Creation Date
16th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris for 4,038 francs on 17 July 1897, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
Marks
Inscribed (on the fragment of a blue label, likely related to either a dealer or shipment, affixed near the lower front of the fragment): illegible
[other objects in Isabella Gardner's collection purchased in the same lot as this object, a sculpture of a Magus (museum no. S30e22) for instance, are affixed with this same sticker]
Dimensions
109.5 cm (43 1/8 in.)
Display Media
Carved 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
Gothic Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 267. (as probably Northern French, early 16th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 26 (23 Feb. 1964), p. 2. (as probably Northern French, soon after 1500)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 177, no. 249. (as French, 16th century)
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