Crowned Head
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 1400
Place MadeBurgundy, France, Europe
MediumPolychromed limestone
Dimensions17 x 21.5 x 19 cm (6 11/16 x 8 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27w17
eMuseum ID724943
EmbARK ObjectID12611
TMS Source ID1685
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), pp. 248-49. (as Burgundian Gothic, about 1400)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 40 (6 Jun. 1965), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 84, no. 110. (as Netherlandish or Burgundian, about 1400)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 40 (6 Jun. 1965), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 84, no. 110. (as Netherlandish or Burgundian, about 1400)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris for 202 francs by 15 December 1897, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
