Nativity
sculptorCircle of
Hans Leinberger
(active 1511 - 1530)
Dateabout 1520 (the painted landscape background is a later addition)
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumPolychromed and gilded lindenwood
Dimensions30.4 x 58.4 cm (11 15/16 x 23 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS28e13
eMuseum ID725804
Original Numbernone, above left of M28e14 (I&N)
EmbARK ObjectID12731
TMS Source ID1792
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotesAnneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 47, 83, no. 65. (as Bavarian, influence of Leinberger, about 1520)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 101, no. 132. (as Bavarian, Landshut, circle of Hans Leinberger, about 1520)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 101, no. 132. (as Bavarian, Landshut, circle of Hans Leinberger, about 1520)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Julius Böhler, Munich for 256 marks on 17 August 1897, through the Austrian conductor Wilhelm Gericke (1845-1925).
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