Red Drawing Room, 152 Beacon Street
photographer
Thomas E. Marr
(Canadian-American, 1849 - 1910)
Date1900
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumGlass plate negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.Marr.2054.a
eMuseum ID716691
EmbARK ObjectID26427
TMS Source ID10189
Last Updated10/26/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryBefore moving to the 4th floor of the museum, Isabella lived in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood at 152 Beacon Street. This photograph shows the polychome sculpture of the Virgin and Child by the workshop of Lorenzo Ghiberti (S30s20), in the Red Drawing Room at that home. Isabella later installed it in the Gothic Room of the museum, where it resides today.
MarksNotesInscribed (lower left): B2
ProvenanceNotesCommissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Boston photographic firm, Thomas E. Marr and Son in 1900.
