Object details
Object number
M27w557
Creator(s)
French
Title
Triptych Pendant and Vessel: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
Date
16th century
Medium
Repoussé brass inlaid with lapis lazuli, malachite, and amethyst
Dimensions
14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Gift from the actress, singer and poet Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood, 1871-1961) to Isabella Stewart Gardner at an unknown date.
Commentary
Isabella memorialized many of her friendships by incorporating personal gifts in installations throughout the museum’s galleries. This pendant with a basin for holy water was given to Isabella by her friend, Gretchen Osgood Warren. Isabella installed it in the Long Gallery with other French enamels.
Bibliography
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), pp. 33, 61 no. 18.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 93-94, fig. 46.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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