Object details
Accession number
F19s1
Primary Creator
Spanish
Full title
Sacristy Bench
Creation Date
16th 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 $429 on 30 April 1921, lot 900 through the American Art Association, the painter Martin Mower (1870-1960) and the art dealer Adam E. Marriman Paff (d. 1932), Durlach Bros., London.
Dimensions
87 x 187 x 40 cm (34 1/4 x 73 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Pine
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
Tapestry Room
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 900. (as with the cross of the Knights of Santiago di Calatrava)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 161. (as Spanish)
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