The Apocalypse
makerAttributed to
Stefano da Pandino
(active Milan, 1416 - 1458)
restorer
Pompeo Bertini
(1828 - 1899)
Date1416-1422
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 numberC30s7
eMuseum ID717228
EmbARK ObjectID12849
Original NumberC30s7-s
TMS Source ID1905
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.
BibliographyNotesArt Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 4, no. 6. (probably listed in the Dining Room as Nuremberg, fifteenth century)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1925), p. 33. (as German, 15th-16th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 265-66. (as early 16th century and "likely Flemish")
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 48 (28 Jul. 1963), pp. 1-2.
Giuseppe Marchini. "Vetri italiani in America." Arte in Europa. Scritti di storia dell' arte in onore di Edoardo Arslan (Milan, 1966), p. 433, fig. 287. (from Milan Cathedral, by Maestro Gracile (?))
Madeline H. Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99.
Catherine Pirina. "Stained Glass from Milan Cathedral in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Fenway Court (1983), pp. 27-28, fig. 1.
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. 40-41, ill.
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.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1925), p. 33. (as German, 15th-16th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 265-66. (as early 16th century and "likely Flemish")
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 48 (28 Jul. 1963), pp. 1-2.
Giuseppe Marchini. "Vetri italiani in America." Arte in Europa. Scritti di storia dell' arte in onore di Edoardo Arslan (Milan, 1966), p. 433, fig. 287. (from Milan Cathedral, by Maestro Gracile (?))
Madeline H. Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99.
Catherine Pirina. "Stained Glass from Milan Cathedral in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Fenway Court (1983), pp. 27-28, fig. 1.
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. 40-41, ill.
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 center window of the hemicycle of the retro-choir.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg, for 450 florins on 11 August 1875 (as a "Saint Kneeling," about 1470, from the demolished Schüster Kirche, Nuremberg).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg, for 450 florins on 11 August 1875 (as a "Saint Kneeling," about 1470, from the demolished Schüster Kirche, Nuremberg).
