Mounted Saint
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 1470-1480
Place MadeSouthern Germany, Germany, Europe
MediumPolychromed wood
Dimensions103 cm (40 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS30e24
eMuseum ID727226
EmbARK ObjectID12836
Previous Number131
TMS Source ID1892
Last Updated11/12/24
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. (as Saint Hubert)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 264. (as Bavarian, about 1480)
Charles L. Kuhn. "German Late Gothic Sculpture in the Gardner Museum, Boston" in Wilhelm Reinhold Walter Koehler (ed.). Medieval Studies in Memory of A. Kingsley Porter (Cambridge, 1939), pp. 563-65, fig. 3. (as Saint Hubert; provincial Southern German work, about 1480-1490)
Betty Chamberlain. “Gothic Room” in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 7. (as Bavarian, about 1480)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), p. 83. (as South German, about 1510)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 87, no. 115. (as South German, about 1470-1480)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 264. (as Bavarian, about 1480)
Charles L. Kuhn. "German Late Gothic Sculpture in the Gardner Museum, Boston" in Wilhelm Reinhold Walter Koehler (ed.). Medieval Studies in Memory of A. Kingsley Porter (Cambridge, 1939), pp. 563-65, fig. 3. (as Saint Hubert; provincial Southern German work, about 1480-1490)
Betty Chamberlain. “Gothic Room” in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 7. (as Bavarian, about 1480)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), p. 83. (as South German, about 1510)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 87, no. 115. (as South German, about 1470-1480)
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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