Saint Jerome
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 1500
Place MadeUpper Rhine, Germany, Europe
MediumLindenwood
Dimensions62.2 cm (24 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS28e12.a
eMuseum ID726060
Previous Number169
EmbARK ObjectID12724
Previous NumberS28e12
TMS Source ID1786
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. 256. (as Tyrolean, 15th century)
Charles L. Kuhn. "German Late Gothic Sculpture in the Gardner Museum, Boston" in Wilhelm Reinhold Walter Koehler (ed.). Medieval Studies in Memory of A. Kingsley Porter (Cambridge, 1939), pp. 568-69, fig. 7. (as Lower Franconian School, related to Tilmann Riemenschneider, about 1510)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 42, 83, no. 55. (as Franconian, influenced by Riemenschneider, about 1500)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 91, no. 120. (as Southwest German, Upper Rhine (?), about 1500-1510)
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), p. 31. (as German, Upper Rhine, about 1500)
Charles L. Kuhn. "German Late Gothic Sculpture in the Gardner Museum, Boston" in Wilhelm Reinhold Walter Koehler (ed.). Medieval Studies in Memory of A. Kingsley Porter (Cambridge, 1939), pp. 568-69, fig. 7. (as Lower Franconian School, related to Tilmann Riemenschneider, about 1510)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 42, 83, no. 55. (as Franconian, influenced by Riemenschneider, about 1500)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 91, no. 120. (as Southwest German, Upper Rhine (?), about 1500-1510)
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), p. 31. (as German, Upper Rhine, about 1500)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer and restorer Hermann Einstein, Munich for 500 marks on 17 August 1897.
