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(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Scapegoat
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Scapegoat

sculptor (Florence, 1856 - 1925, London)
Date1903-1916
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumGilded metal on plaster
Dimensions47 x 47 cm (18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS11s7.8
eMuseum ID716949
EmbARK ObjectID11093
Original NumberS3w1-s
TMS Source ID340
Last Updated8/9/24
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. 27.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 162-63, no. 206a.
ProvenanceNotesGift from John Singer Sargent to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1916–1919.
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1903-1916
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1903-1916
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1903-1916
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1903-1916
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1903-1916
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1903-1916
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1903-1916
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1903-1916
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
1916-1921
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
John Singer Sargent
about 1919
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
19th century