Ecclesiastical Figure
sculptor
Unknown
Date17th century
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumWalnut
Dimensions138.4 cm (54 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS19e45.1
eMuseum ID716868
Original NumberS19e45-s
EmbARK ObjectID12971
TMS Source ID2010
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. 170. (as ecclesiastical figure; perhaps Scandinavian, 17th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 178, no. 258. (as ecclesiastical figure (?); as English, 17th century?)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 178, no. 258. (as ecclesiastical figure (?); as English, 17th century?)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (with a second ecclesiastical figure, museum no. S19e45.2) from the antiquarian Karl Freund, New York for a total of $185 on 2 May 1912.
