Saint Agnes
sculptor
Unknown
Date1350-1355
Place MadeL'Aquila, Abruzzi, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded wood
Dimensions153 cm (60 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS30s5
eMuseum ID717167
EmbARK ObjectID12847
TMS Source ID1903
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. 265. (as probably southern French, late 14th century, with Tuscan influence)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 18 (30 Dec. 1962), p. 2. (probably Southern French, 2nd half of the 14th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 29 (15 Mar. 1964), p. 2.
Giovanni Previtali. "An Italian Hypothesis for the Two Saint Agnes Sculptures at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1976), pp. 36-41, figs. 7, 10, 12. (as by Master of the Madonna of the Spoleto Cathedral, Umbrian-Abruzzi School, about 1345)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 67, no. 95. (as from Spoleto(?), 2nd quarter of the 14th century)
Alessandro Delpriori. Produzione figurativa a Spoleto e in Valnerina nel XIV secolo, Problemi, contesti, casi esemplari. PhD Diss. (Florence: Università di Firenze, 2011), pp. 244, 364-66, figs. 344, 357, 536. (as probably by the same artist as the Reclining Madonna in Santa Maria Assunta, Assergi)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 18 (30 Dec. 1962), p. 2. (probably Southern French, 2nd half of the 14th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 29 (15 Mar. 1964), p. 2.
Giovanni Previtali. "An Italian Hypothesis for the Two Saint Agnes Sculptures at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1976), pp. 36-41, figs. 7, 10, 12. (as by Master of the Madonna of the Spoleto Cathedral, Umbrian-Abruzzi School, about 1345)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 67, no. 95. (as from Spoleto(?), 2nd quarter of the 14th century)
Alessandro Delpriori. Produzione figurativa a Spoleto e in Valnerina nel XIV secolo, Problemi, contesti, casi esemplari. PhD Diss. (Florence: Università di Firenze, 2011), pp. 244, 364-66, figs. 344, 357, 536. (as probably by the same artist as the Reclining Madonna in Santa Maria Assunta, Assergi)
ProvenanceNotesPossibly created for the Saint Agnes chapel in the church of San Francesco a Fontecchio (formerly dedicated to Saint Agnes) near L'Aquila, Italy in the mid 14th century.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris for about 23,750 francs on 17 November 1899, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828-1904), Paris for about 23,750 francs on 17 November 1899, through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
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