Royal Arms of the Catholic Kings
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1493-1495
Place MadeSpain, Europe
MediumIron
Dimensions55.9 x 43.2 cm (22 x 17 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM30e13
eMuseum ID727817
EmbARK ObjectID12820
TMS Source ID1876
Last Updated11/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1925), p. 32.
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), p. 108.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 262-63. (as arms of Queen Isabella of Spain; as made during her reign, 1474-1504)
Betty Chamberlain. “Gothic Room” in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 7. (as arms of Isabella of Spain)
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, California, 1956), p. 196. (as arms of Isabella of Spain)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 34 (21 Apr. 1963), p. 2. (as arms of Isabella of Spain; made during her lifetime, 1451-1504)
Judith Sobré and Lynette M. F. Bosch. The Artistic Splendor of the Spanish Kingdoms: The Art of Fifteenth-Century Spain. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1996), pp. 51-52, 73, no. 12. (as royal arms of catholic kings; as by anonymous, about 1493-1495)
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), p. 108.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 262-63. (as arms of Queen Isabella of Spain; as made during her reign, 1474-1504)
Betty Chamberlain. “Gothic Room” in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 7. (as arms of Isabella of Spain)
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, California, 1956), p. 196. (as arms of Isabella of Spain)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 34 (21 Apr. 1963), p. 2. (as arms of Isabella of Spain; made during her lifetime, 1451-1504)
Judith Sobré and Lynette M. F. Bosch. The Artistic Splendor of the Spanish Kingdoms: The Art of Fifteenth-Century Spain. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1996), pp. 51-52, 73, no. 12. (as royal arms of catholic kings; as by anonymous, about 1493-1495)
MarksNotesArms of the Catholic Kings of Spain, after they had conquered Granada in 1492
ProvenanceNotesFrom the monastery of San Juan de los Reyes (comissioned by Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, 1477-1504), Toledo.
Purchased by the Spanish painter and museum director José Villegas Cordero (1844-1921) from a verger of San Juan de los Reyes before 1895.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from José Villegas Cordero (1844-1921), Rome for 5,000 lire in 1895.
Purchased by the Spanish painter and museum director José Villegas Cordero (1844-1921) from a verger of San Juan de los Reyes before 1895.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from José Villegas Cordero (1844-1921), Rome for 5,000 lire in 1895.
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