Chalice
maker
Unknown
Date15th century
Place MadeTuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumChamplevé enamel on copper or copper alloy with gilding; silver alloy with lead solder
Dimensions19.5 x 11.7 x 11.8 cm (7 11/16 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27w48
eMuseum ID728468
EmbARK ObjectID12671
TMS Source ID1735
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 24. (as "Chalice")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 241.
Morris Carter. "Mrs. Gardner & The Treasures of Fenway Court" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 58.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 99-101, fig. 51.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 241.
Morris Carter. "Mrs. Gardner & The Treasures of Fenway Court" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 58.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 99-101, fig. 51.
MarksNotesScenes on the enameled medallions include: the Crucifixion, the Virgin, St. Mary Magdalen, St. John the Baptist
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Theodor Einstein & Co., Munich on 16 August 1897 for 262 marks through her husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898).
