Plate: The Annunciation
maker
Unknown
Date17th century
Place MadeNuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
MediumBrass
Dimensions36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM19e33
eMuseum ID717249
EmbARK ObjectID12964
TMS Source ID2003
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), pp. 152-53. (as probably German, Nuremberg: dated 17th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 28 (13 Mar. 1966), p. 2. (as probably German, Nuremberg; dated 15th-17th centuries)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 28 (13 Mar. 1966), p. 2. (as probably German, Nuremberg; dated 15th-17th centuries)
MarksNotesInscribed (bottom): E W I S H N B I : R A H (repeated four times)
ProvenanceNotesPossibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Settimio Silli, Florence for 650 lire on 25 May 1903 through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950). (as a set of four brass plates and a tabernacle)
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