Object details
Accession number
S28e8
Primary Creator
French
Full title
Female Saint
Creation Date
19th century
Provenance
Three statuettes of female saints (museum nos. S28e7-9) were purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris for 1,346 francs by 15 December 1897, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
Dimensions
62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.)
Display Media
Polychromed and gilded wood
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. 256. (as probably French, 19th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 179, no. 264. (as French, 19th century)
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