Angel Candlestick
maker
Unknown
Date17th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded wood
Dimensions69.9 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm (27 1/2 x 8 x 7 in.)
ClassificationsLighting Devices
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS30s27.3
eMuseum ID722274
Original NumberS30s33-s
EmbARK ObjectID18206
TMS Source ID6245
Last Updated11/13/24
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), p. 268.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 42 (16? Jun. 1963), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 178, no. 253.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 42 (16? Jun. 1963), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 178, no. 253.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome on 22 March 1895 for 800 lire (for a set of four candlesticks).
