Amulet: Flight into Egypt
maker
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Date17th century (with 19th century glass)
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumPierced silver with gilding and glass
ClassificationsJewelry
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27w551
eMuseum ID728814
Original Numbernone, below M27w42 (I&N)
Previous Number260
EmbARK ObjectID12662
TMS Source ID1726
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.
BibliographyNotesNathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 99-101, fig. 51.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Theodor Einstein & Co., Munich on 16 August 1897 for 82 marks through her husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898).
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