Triptych Pendant and Vessel
maker
Unknown
Date16th century
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumRepoussé brass inlaid with lapis lazuli, malachite, and amethyst
Dimensions14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsJewelry
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27w557
eMuseum ID724186
Previous Number246
EmbARK ObjectID12630
Original Numbernone, above M27w27 (I&N)
TMS Source ID1699
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella memorialized many of her friendships by incorporating personal gifts in installations throughout the museum’s galleries. This pendant with a basin for holy water was given to Isabella by her friend, Gretchen Osgood Warren. Isabella installed it in the Long Gallery with other French enamels.
BibliographyNotesChristina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), pp. 33, 61 no. 18.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 93-94, fig. 46.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 93-94, fig. 46.
ProvenanceNotesGift from the actress, singer and poet Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood, 1871-1961) to Isabella Stewart Gardner at an unknown date.
