Pietà
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 1500
Place MadeUpper Rhine, Germany, Europe
MediumPolychromed wood
Dimensions42.5 x 50 cm (16 3/4 x 19 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS28e16
eMuseum ID725844
Previous Number151
EmbARK ObjectID12733
TMS Source ID1794
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. 257. (as South Bavarian, about 1500)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 31, 83, no. 29. (as Rhenish-Westphalian, about 1470-1480)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 85, no. 12. (as Rhenish or Netherlandish, about 1500)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 31, 83, no. 29. (as Rhenish-Westphalian, about 1470-1480)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 85, no. 12. (as Rhenish or Netherlandish, about 1500)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Julius Böhler, Munich for 280 marks on 17 August 1897, through the Austrian conductor Wilhelm Gericke (1845-1925).
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