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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Richard Wagner and Friends in Bayrueth
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Richard Wagner and Friends in Bayrueth

primary (active Munich, 1814 - 1898)
subject (Sopron, Hungary, 1811 - 1886, Bayreuth, Germany)
subject (Leipzig, 1813 - 1883, Venice)
after (German, 1846 - 1918)
subject (German, 1836 - 1904)
subject (German, 1869 - 1930)
subject (German, 1845 - 1900)
subject (German, 1939 - 1900)
subject (Austrian-Hungarian, 1843 - 1916)
subject (German, 1831 - 1917)
subject (St. Georgen in der Steiermark, 1844 - 1918, Vienna)
Dateabout 1880
Place MadeMunich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
MediumAlbumen print on card
Dimensions17 x 11.2 cm (6 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006312
eMuseum ID721183
Previous NumberU2w329
EmbARK ObjectID32167
Other NumberU1w329
TMS Source ID15739
Last Updated9/17/24
Status
Not on view
Web Commentary
During Isabella’s lifetime, German composer Richard Wagner was at the epicenter of the classical music world.  This photographic print illustrates a musical salon in Bayreuth, where Wagner hosted an annual music festival. He is surrounded by luminaries such as composer and pianist Franz Liszt and opera singer Amalie Materna.
Isabella admired Wagner’s work and went to great lengths to see his performances. She traveled many times to Bayreuth  and attended his operas in the United States and Europe. She displayed this print in the Musicians Case in the Yellow Room along with other collected scores and librettos.


BibliographyNotesAna Barrett, "Belle of the Opera: Gardner and Wagner," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 20 July 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/belle-opera-gardner-and-wagner
MarksNotesPrinted in ink (left): Phototypie von Fr. Bruckmann in München / G. Papperitz. Richard Wagner in Bayreuth. / Kunstverlag von P. Kaeser in München. / Vervielfältigung vorbehalten. / Déposé. - Registered.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner’s collection at an unknown date.