Hanging Lamp
lamp maker
Unknown
Date1602
Place MadeSpain, Europe
MediumSilver
Dimensions43 cm (16 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsLighting Devices
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27e11
eMuseum ID723605
EmbARK ObjectID12465
TMS Source ID1582
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
BibliographyNotesArt Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 1, no. 4. (as Spanish, 1502)
Catalogue. Fenway Court (Boston, 1903), p. 23. (as "from a Spanish convent")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 235.
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, 1956), p. 196. (as Spanish, 1602)
Catalogue. Fenway Court (Boston, 1903), p. 23. (as "from a Spanish convent")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 235.
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, 1956), p. 196. (as Spanish, 1602)
MarksNotesInscribed (on legend): "DIO ESTA LAMPARA DONA YSABEL DE PERNIA MONTOY A MONJA Y DONA ANA DE SOTO MONTOYA EL ANO 1602, PESA DOZE M ARCOS Y DE HECHVRA 24 DVCADOS ED TODO MIL Y 40 reals" [This lamp was given by Doña Ysabel de Pernia Montoya and Doña Ana de Soto Montoya, in the year 1602. It weighs 12 macros and the making [costs] 24 ducats; 1050 reals in all]
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by the nuns Doña Ysabel de Pernia Montoya and Doña Ana de Soto Montoya for 1,040 reals in 1602.
Gift from Doña Ysabel de Pernia Montoya and Doña Ana de Soto Montoya to a Spanish convent in 1602.
Purchased by the British landscape architect Harold Peto (1854-1933) in Spain.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Harold Peto for 100 pounds on 15 August 1888 through the antiques dealer S.J. Phillips, London.
Gift from Doña Ysabel de Pernia Montoya and Doña Ana de Soto Montoya to a Spanish convent in 1602.
Purchased by the British landscape architect Harold Peto (1854-1933) in Spain.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Harold Peto for 100 pounds on 15 August 1888 through the antiques dealer S.J. Phillips, London.
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