Ruth and Boaz
primaryAttributed to
Corrado Mochis
(Cologne, 1525 - 1569, Milan)
designer
Giuseppe Arcimboldi
(about 1527 - 1593, Milan)
Dateabout 1549-1557
Place MadeMilan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe
MediumPot metal glass and white glass with silver stain and sanguine
Dimensions112 x 61 cm (44 1/8 x 24 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC28e17
eMuseum ID725858
EmbARK ObjectID12734
Original NumberC28e17-s
TMS Source ID1795
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 256-57. (as the Holy Family with St. Anne, probably Swiss, early 16th century)
Giuseppe Marchini. "Vetri italiani in America." Arte in Europa. Scritti di storia dell' arte in onore di Edoardo Arslan (Milan, 1966), pp. 433-34, fig. 289b. (as from Milan Cathedral, probably Northern European, Tobias Bidding Farewell to His Parents (?))
Madeline H. Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99 (as Scene with Tobias).
Catherine Pirina. "Stained Glass from Milan Cathedral in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Fenway Court (1983), pp. 34, fig. 11, 36. (as possibly Ruth and Boaz, by Corrado Mochis from Cologne after designs of Giuseppe Arcimboldi, about 1549-57)
Madeline H. Caviness et al. Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections: New England and New York. Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I. Studies in the History of Art 15. (Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1985), p. 44, ill. (as Ruth and Boaz (?))
Alan Chong and Giovanna De Appolonia. The Art of the Cross: Medieval and Renaissance Piety in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2001), pp. 18-19, 25 n.3.
Giuseppe Marchini. "Vetri italiani in America." Arte in Europa. Scritti di storia dell' arte in onore di Edoardo Arslan (Milan, 1966), pp. 433-34, fig. 289b. (as from Milan Cathedral, probably Northern European, Tobias Bidding Farewell to His Parents (?))
Madeline H. Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99 (as Scene with Tobias).
Catherine Pirina. "Stained Glass from Milan Cathedral in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Fenway Court (1983), pp. 34, fig. 11, 36. (as possibly Ruth and Boaz, by Corrado Mochis from Cologne after designs of Giuseppe Arcimboldi, about 1549-57)
Madeline H. Caviness et al. Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections: New England and New York. Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I. Studies in the History of Art 15. (Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1985), p. 44, ill. (as Ruth and Boaz (?))
Alan Chong and Giovanna De Appolonia. The Art of the Cross: Medieval and Renaissance Piety in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2001), pp. 18-19, 25 n.3.
ProvenanceNotesMilan Cathedral, Italy, the Old Testament window of the apse.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg, for either 350 or 450 florins on 11 August 1875 (as German but origin unknown).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg, for either 350 or 450 florins on 11 August 1875 (as German but origin unknown).
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