A Baptism
makerAttributed to
Niccolò da Varallo
(Italian, 1420 - 1489)
Dateafter 1480
Place MadeMilan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe
MediumPot metal glass and white glass with silver stain and flashed purples
Dimensions112 x 61 cm (44 1/8 x 24 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC30s25
eMuseum ID717468
Original NumberC30s25-s
EmbARK ObjectID12853
TMS Source ID1909
Last Updated11/13/24
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 German or Flemish, about 1520-1525)
“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. 288. (as from Milan Cathedral, partly by Niccolò da Varallo, Baptism of St. Eligius)
Madeline H. Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99 (as Baptism of St. Eligius).
Ernesto Brivio. "Le vetrate del Duomo di Milano" in Il Duomo di Milano, vol. 1 (Milan, 1973), pp.233-34.
Catherine Pirina. "Stained Glass from Milan Cathedral in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Fenway Court (1983), p. 31, fig. 7. (as from the St. John of Damascus window, dated after 1480)
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 German or Flemish, about 1520-1525)
“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. 288. (as from Milan Cathedral, partly by Niccolò da Varallo, Baptism of St. Eligius)
Madeline H. Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99 (as Baptism of St. Eligius).
Ernesto Brivio. "Le vetrate del Duomo di Milano" in Il Duomo di Milano, vol. 1 (Milan, 1973), pp.233-34.
Catherine Pirina. "Stained Glass from Milan Cathedral in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Fenway Court (1983), p. 31, fig. 7. (as from the St. John of Damascus window, dated after 1480)
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 St. John of Damascus window, right panel of a two-part scene.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg, for 450 florins on 11 August 1875 (as "Blessing child," 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 "Blessing child," about 1470, from the demolished Schüster Kirche, Nuremberg).
