Object details

Accession number

P1w25

Primary Creator

American

Full title

Charles Martin Loeffler at the Piano

Creation Date

about 1900

Object Case

Musicians Case

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.

Marks

Inscribed in pencil (verso upper left): H26*
Inscribed in pencil (verso upper right): 1.20 / .25-1.50 / 99 / 120 / 160
Inscribed in pencil (verso upper right): 90% / Yellow filter
Inscribed in pencil (verso lower left): C. M. Loeffler

Dimensions

8.9 x 8.9 cm (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

Display Media

Gelatin silver print

Web Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner collected photographs of internationally celebrated performers as well as her musician friends who were less famous. She arranged these photographs informally around her homes in Boston and Brookline, and when she built her museum she placed them in cases throughout the galleries. This photograph of composer-violinist Charles Martin Loeffler shows him seated before one of the tools of his trade. Gardner provided handsomely for his primary musical talent, giving him a Stradivarius violin she acquired in 1895.

Permanent Gallery Location

Yellow Room

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