Object details

Object number

S30s27.1

Creator(s)

Italian

Title

Angel Candlestick

Date

17th century

Medium

Painted and gilded wood

Dimensions

69.9 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm (27 1/2 x 8 x 7 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed (lower edge): SCARLO

Provenance

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome on 22 March 1895 for 800 lire (for a set of four candlesticks).

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

Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 268. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 42 (16? Jun. 1963), p. 2. Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 178, no. 253. Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 33, ill. p. 35, fig. 22, p. 56, no. 3.

Gallery

Gothic Room

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