Lindenwood with traces of polychrome
,
30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Object details
Accession number
S19w29
Primary Creator
German, Swabia
Full title
Head of Christ
Creation Date
about 1450-1499
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer by 1915, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
Dimensions
30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Display Media
Lindenwood with traces of polychrome
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
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 165. (as German or Franco-Flemish, 13th or 14th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 30 (27 Mar. 1966), p. 2. (as possibly Swabian, about 1500)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 86, no. 114. (as South German, Swabia (?), 2nd half of the 15th 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.
