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Nativity
Nativity
Nativity

Nativity

sculptor
Datelate 16th century
Place MadeBavaria, Germany, Europe
MediumPolychromed and gilded walnut
Dimensions48.3 cm (19 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS21e11
eMuseum ID717601
EmbARK ObjectID11908
TMS Source ID1063
Last Updated11/23/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 189. (as probably North Italian, or possibly South German, 16th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 28 (10 Mar. 1963), p. 2. (as probably northern Italian or southern German, around 1500)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 21 (19 Jan. 1964), p. 2. (identical to the 10 Mar. 1963 "Notes, Records, Comments")
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 150, no. 184. (as South German or Austrian, late 16th century)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice (with a companion carving of the Resurrection, museum no. S21e19) for about 80 lire each on 27 September 1897.
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