Object details
Object number
S28e13
Creator(s)
Circle of
Hans Leinberger
(active 1511 - 1530)
Title
Nativity
Date
about 1520 (the painted landscape background is a later addition)
Medium
Polychromed and gilded lindenwood
Dimensions
30.4 x 58.4 cm (11 15/16 x 23 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Julius Böhler, Munich for 256 marks on 17 August 1897, through the Austrian conductor Wilhelm Gericke (1845-1925).
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
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 47, 83, no. 65. (as Bavarian, influence of Leinberger, about 1520)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 101, no. 132. (as Bavarian, Landshut, circle of Hans Leinberger, about 1520)
Gallery
Chapel
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