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Plate: Adam and Eve
(c) 2016 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2016 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Plate: Adam and Eve

Date15th century
Place MadeNuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
MediumBrass
Dimensions41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM19w21
eMuseum ID729782
EmbARK ObjectID14321
Previous Number568
TMS Source ID3129
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), pp. 152-53. (as probably German, Nuremberg; dated 15th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 28 (13 Mar. 1966), p. 2. (as probably German, Nuremberg; dated 15th-17th centuries)
ProvenanceNotesPossibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1905 through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
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Unknown
15th century - 17th century
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Unknown
17th century
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17th century - 19th century
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Unknown
17th century
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Unknown
15th century
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Unknown
late 15th century
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Unknown
15th century - 17th century
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Joseph Lindon Smith
about 1894
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
16th century
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Unknown
early 19th century
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Unknown
17th century