Saint Nicholas
sculptor
Unknown
Date1400-1425
Place MadeNorthern Spain, Spain, Europe
MediumAlabaster
Dimensions47 x 24 cm (18 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27e33
eMuseum ID728075
EmbARK ObjectID12503
TMS Source ID1609
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 247. (as perhaps Spanish, 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 174, no. 229. (as North Spanish, 1st quarter of the 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 174, no. 229. (as North Spanish, 1st quarter of the 15th century)
MarksNotesIncised (back): St. Nicolas
Scratched (front, near the bottom): nicholas (in an amateur hand)
Scratched (front, near the bottom): nicholas (in an amateur hand)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris for 808 francs by 15 December 1897, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
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