Box with the Virgin and Child
maker
Unknown
Datebefore 1924
Place MadeSpain, Europe
MediumSilver and polychromed gesso
Dimensions6.5 x 5.5 cm (2 9/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27w39
eMuseum ID728858
EmbARK ObjectID12655
TMS Source ID1721
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. 241.
MarksNotesInscribed: "I H S" [Jesuit emblem]
Monogramed: "I V A R" with crown [royal monogram]
Monogramed: "I V A R" with crown [royal monogram]
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by the art collector and design theorist Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935) in Spain, 1921.
Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 23 September 1921.
Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 23 September 1921.
