Head of Christ
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 1450-1499
Place MadeSwabia, Germany, Europe
MediumLindenwood with traces of polychrome
Dimensions30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS19w29
eMuseum ID717297
EmbARK ObjectID13465
TMS Source ID2396
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. 165. (as German or Franco-Flemish, 13th or 14th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 30 (27 Mar. 1966), p. 2. (as possibly Swabian, about 1500)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 86, no. 114. (as South German, Swabia (?), 2nd half of the 15th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 30 (27 Mar. 1966), p. 2. (as possibly Swabian, about 1500)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 86, no. 114. (as South German, Swabia (?), 2nd half of the 15th century)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer by 1915, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
