Two Angel Candlesticks
maker
Unknown
Date1600-1625
Place MadeRome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
MediumCast bronze on a marble base
Dimensions75.5 cm (29 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsLighting Devices
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS26e4.1-2
eMuseum ID717201
EmbARK ObjectID16188
TMS Source ID4533
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.
BibliographyNotesArt Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 1, no. 2 (as by Andrea Sansovino)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 222. (as in "the general tradition of" Alessandro Vittoria, a pupil of Jacopo Sansovino)
Beeldhouwkunstin het Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, 1973), pp. 402-03. (as by the same hand as two candlesticks in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inventory nos. R.B.K.16943.a-b; Roman, 1st quarter of the 17th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 154, nos. 191-92. (as Roman, 1st quarter of the 17th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 222. (as in "the general tradition of" Alessandro Vittoria, a pupil of Jacopo Sansovino)
Beeldhouwkunstin het Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, 1973), pp. 402-03. (as by the same hand as two candlesticks in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inventory nos. R.B.K.16943.a-b; Roman, 1st quarter of the 17th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 154, nos. 191-92. (as Roman, 1st quarter of the 17th century)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837-1898), (as the work of Alessandro Vittoria, 1525-1613) from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice for 2,000 lire on 12 August 1890.
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