Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 1490
Place MadeRavensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
MediumLindenwood
Dimensions119.5 cm (47 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS30w11
eMuseum ID717272
EmbARK ObjectID13466
TMS Source ID2397
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. 272. (as Franconian, about 1490)
Charles L. Kuhn. "German Late Gothic Sculpture in the Gardner Museum, Boston" in Wilhelm Reinhold Walter Koehler (ed.). Medieval Studies in Memory of A. Kingsley Porter (Cambridge, 1939), pp. 565-66, fig. 4. (as Upper Rhenish, about 1490)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 13-14, 34, 83, no. 36. (as Franconian with upper Rhine influence, about 1475-1485)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 88, no. 116. (as Upper Rhenish or Swabian, about 1490)
Walter Cahn. "Medieval Sculpture" in James Thomas Herbert Baily (ed.). The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, "Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum" (London, 1978), pp. 25-26, no. 8.
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 164-65, ill.
Charles L. Kuhn. "German Late Gothic Sculpture in the Gardner Museum, Boston" in Wilhelm Reinhold Walter Koehler (ed.). Medieval Studies in Memory of A. Kingsley Porter (Cambridge, 1939), pp. 565-66, fig. 4. (as Upper Rhenish, about 1490)
Anneliese Harding. German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston, 1972), pp. 13-14, 34, 83, no. 36. (as Franconian with upper Rhine influence, about 1475-1485)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 88, no. 116. (as Upper Rhenish or Swabian, about 1490)
Walter Cahn. "Medieval Sculpture" in James Thomas Herbert Baily (ed.). The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, "Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum" (London, 1978), pp. 25-26, no. 8.
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 164-65, ill.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the cabinet maker and antiquarian Antonio Carrer (d. 1912), Venice for 1,000 lire on 20 September 1893, through the American painter and collector Ralph W. Curtis (1854-1922).
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