Charles Martin Loeffler's Hand

primary P.P. Caproni and Brother (active Boston and New York, 1892 - 1927)

subject Charles Martin Loeffler (Berlin, 1861 - 1935, Medfield, Massachusetts)

Date1914

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumPlaster

Dimensions18 x 20 x 30 cm (7 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberU1w15

eMuseum ID723867

EmbARK ObjectID11004

Previous Number52

TMS Source ID260

Last Updated9/4/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryComposer-violinist Charles Martin Loeffler was one of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s closest friends. With Gardner as his patron, Loeffler built a steady career within Boston’s musical community. When Gardner completed her museum, Loeffler used its Music Room to debut “Pagan Poem,” one of his most important compositions. Casts of famous people’s faces and hands were popular mementos in the 19th century, and Loeffler and his friend Mabel Hunt Slater gave the cast to Gardner as Christmas present in 1914.

MarksNotesInscribed on base: © Mrs H.N. Slater 1914

ProvenanceNotesGift from composer and violinist, Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935) and inventor, Mabel Hunt Slater (1864-1942) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in December 1914.