Object details
Accession number
S28e29
Primary Creator
German, Swabia
Full title
Virgin
Creation Date
about 1480
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
Dimensions
50.8 cm (20 in.)
Display Media
Polychromed and gilded lindenwood
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
Chapel
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 258. (as Bavarian, early 16th century)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), p. 83. (as South German, end of the 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 176, no. 240. (as Swabian, about 1480)
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