Set of Six Candlesticks
maker
Unknown
Date19th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumBronze
ClassificationsLighting Devices
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM6n5.1-6
eMuseum ID728780
EmbARK ObjectID11308
Previous NumberM6n5.1-8
TMS Source ID541
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. 47, 279. (as Italian, in the 17th century style, but probably of more recent execution)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Moise Dalla Torre & Co., Venice on 1 October 1906 for 160 lire (for eight candlesticks).
