Monstrance
maker
Unknown
Date15th century
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumGilded silver with glass
Dimensions33 cm (13 in.)
ClassificationsLiturgical Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27w43
eMuseum ID728551
EmbARK ObjectID12665
TMS Source ID1729
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. (as 15th century)
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 99-101, fig. 51.
Nathaniel 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 779 marks through her husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898).
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