Angel with Franciscan Coat of Arms
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1450
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions81.6 x 55.6 cm (32 1/8 x 21 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS5w26
eMuseum ID717061
EmbARK ObjectID11225
Original NumberS5w
TMS Source ID468
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.
BibliographyNotesCornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 128, no. 158. (as Venetian, middle of the 15th century; the arms as later)
William Barcham. "Franciscans and the Man of Sorrows in Fifteenth-Century Padua" in Xavier Seubert et al. (eds.). Beyond the Text: Franciscan Art and the Construction of Religion (Saint Bonaventure, New York, 2013), p. 64, fig. 2. (as about 1450; the arms as Franciscan)
William Barcham. "Franciscans and the Man of Sorrows in Fifteenth-Century Padua" in Xavier Seubert et al. (eds.). Beyond the Text: Franciscan Art and the Construction of Religion (Saint Bonaventure, New York, 2013), p. 64, fig. 2. (as about 1450; the arms as Franciscan)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the marble dealer and mason Moisè Dalla Torre, Venice for 230 lire 24 August 1899.
