Saint James
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 1480
Place MadeFranconia, Germany, Europe
MediumPolychromed oak
Dimensions52.7 cm (20 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS28e28
eMuseum ID730264
Previous Number162
EmbARK ObjectID12755
TMS Source ID1816
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. 258. (as Franconian, about 1480)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), p. 83. (as Franconian, about 1480)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 176, no. 239. (as Franconian, about 1480)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), p. 83. (as Franconian, about 1480)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 176, no. 239. (as Franconian, about 1480)
MarksNotesInscribed on printed scrap from an auction catalogue on the base: indecipherable
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
