Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples
makerAttributed to
Antonio da Pandino
(active 1475 - 1484)
restorer
Agostino de' Mottis
(about 1450 - about 1483)
Date1480-1490
Place MadeMilan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe
MediumPot metal glass and white glass with silver stain
Dimensions112 x 61 cm (44 1/8 x 24 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC30s8
eMuseum ID717253
Original NumberC30s8-s
EmbARK ObjectID12850
TMS Source ID1906
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. 432-33, fig. 286b. (as from Milan Cathedral, right part of a two-panel story of which the companion remains in situ, and believed to be by Vincenzo Foppa or 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), p. 32, fig. 10.
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. 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. 432-33, fig. 286b. (as from Milan Cathedral, right part of a two-panel story of which the companion remains in situ, and believed to be by Vincenzo Foppa or 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), p. 32, fig. 10.
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. 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 New Testament window.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg, for 450 florins on 11 August 1875 (as "Washing feet," 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 "Washing feet," about 1470, from the demolished Schüster Kirche, Nuremberg).
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