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Madonna della Misericordia (Candelabrum)
Madonna della Misericordia (Candelabrum)
Madonna della Misericordia (Candelabrum)

Madonna della Misericordia (Candelabrum)

Date1582
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPolychromed and gilded wood
Dimensions67.5 x 56 x 13 cm (26 9/16 x 22 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsLighting Devices
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS19w44
eMuseum ID722273
EmbARK ObjectID13487
TMS Source ID2417
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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. 167. (as 1582 or slightly later, probably provincial work)
Clara Strauss. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 17 (26 Dec. 1965), p. 2. (as 1582 or slightly later, probably provincial work)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 177, no. 246. (as Italian, dated 1582)
MarksNotesInscribed (on the back, in black paint ): 1582
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Georges B. Brauer (d. 1935), Florence for £140 on 9 October 1906.