Plate: Adam and Eve
maker
Unknown
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 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), 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)
“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).