Virgin and Child
sculptor
Unknown
Date14th century
Place MadeIle-de-France, France, Europe
MediumPolychromed limestone
Dimensions128.3 x 47 x 30.5 cm (50 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 12 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS8n3
eMuseum ID729814
EmbARK ObjectID11383
TMS Source ID605
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.
BibliographyNotes"Gothic Art." International Studio (Jul. 1918), pp. xxii, 9, ill. (as school of the Île-de-France, 1st half of the 14th century)
"Notes of the Studios and Galleries." Art World and Arts and Decoration (Jul. 1918), p; 173. (as school of the Île-de-France, early 14th century; "simillar in character to that secured by the Metropolitan")
Chandler Rathfon Post. A History of European and American Sculpture: from the Early Christian Period to the Present Day I (Cambridge, 1921), p. 70, fig. 32. (as French, 14th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 54-55, pl. 7. (as French Gothic, from the Île-de-France, 14th century)
William N. Mason. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 47 (21 Jul. 1963), p. 2. (as French Gothic, early 14th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 168, no. 214. (catalogued under "doubtful authenticity"; as in the manner of Île-de-France, 14th century, a modern pastiche or an old sculpture significantly reworked)
"Notes of the Studios and Galleries." Art World and Arts and Decoration (Jul. 1918), p; 173. (as school of the Île-de-France, early 14th century; "simillar in character to that secured by the Metropolitan")
Chandler Rathfon Post. A History of European and American Sculpture: from the Early Christian Period to the Present Day I (Cambridge, 1921), p. 70, fig. 32. (as French, 14th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 54-55, pl. 7. (as French Gothic, from the Île-de-France, 14th century)
William N. Mason. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 47 (21 Jul. 1963), p. 2. (as French Gothic, early 14th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 168, no. 214. (catalogued under "doubtful authenticity"; as in the manner of Île-de-France, 14th century, a modern pastiche or an old sculpture significantly reworked)
ProvenanceNotesSaid to from the Valloires Abbey, Argoules near Amiens and later in the collection of a certain M. Piqueret, vicar of Saint-Etienne de Vernouillet, Yvelines near Paris by the early 20th century.
With the Belgian dealer Georges-Joseph Demotte (1877-1923), Paris by May 1918.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as a work of the early 14th century) for $20,000 from Georges-Joseph Demotte, Paris on 9 January 1919, through the director of Demotte's New York gallery Jean Vigouroux.
With the Belgian dealer Georges-Joseph Demotte (1877-1923), Paris by May 1918.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as a work of the early 14th century) for $20,000 from Georges-Joseph Demotte, Paris on 9 January 1919, through the director of Demotte's New York gallery Jean Vigouroux.
