Monstrance
maker
Unknown
Date16th century
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumCopper with gilding and glass
Dimensions93.5 cm (36 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsLiturgical Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27w50
eMuseum ID728375
EmbARK ObjectID12674
TMS Source ID1738
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), pp. 240-41. (as German, 16th 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 A. Pickert, Nuremburg on 17 August 1897 for 1100 marks through her husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898). (as 15th-16th century)
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