Object details
Object number
S26e4.1-2
Creator(s)
Italian, Rome
Title
Two Angel Candlesticks
Date
1600-1625
Medium
Cast bronze on a marble base
Dimensions
75.5 cm (29 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837-1898), (as the work of Alessandro Vittoria, 1525-1613) from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice for 2,000 lire on 12 August 1890.
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.
Bibliography
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 1, no. 2 (as by Andrea Sansovino)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 222. (as in "the general tradition of" Alessandro Vittoria, a pupil of Jacopo Sansovino)
Beeldhouwkunstin het Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, 1973), pp. 402-03. (as by the same hand as two candlesticks in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inventory nos. R.B.K.16943.a-b; Roman, 1st quarter of the 17th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 154, nos. 191-92. (as Roman, 1st quarter of the 17th century)
Gallery
Titian Room
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