Amalie Materna
photographer
Atelier Adèle
(active Vienna, 1862 - 1905)
Date1888
Place MadeVienna, Vienna state, Austria, Europe
MediumAlbumen print
Dimensions32.3 x 19.2 cm (12 11/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP1w21
eMuseum ID727772
EmbARK ObjectID24420
Previous NumberP1w33
Previous NumberARC.008122
TMS Source ID8913
Last Updated9/17/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryAs a celebrated performer of numerous works by Richard Wagner (1813-1888), Austrian soprano Amalie Materna (1844-1918) earned acclaim for her role as Brunnhilde in the Ring Cycle. Gardner was captivated by Materna’s 1888 performance at Bayreuth, the summer musical festival dedicated to Wagner, and followed the singer to an all-night singing party at the composer’s home afterward. A dedicated fan, Gardner collected several photographs of Materna during subsequent pilgrimages to Bayreuth in the 1890s.
BibliographyNotesAna Barrett, "Belle of the Opera: Gardner and Wagner," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 20 July 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/belle-opera-gardner-and-wagner
MarksNotesPrinted (bottom): WIEN K.K.HOF-ATELIER / ADÉLE I GRABEN 19
Inscribed, signed and dated in ink (verso): illegible 22/ 7 88
Printed in brown ink: Adèle / KK Hof-Atelier / Wien I Graben 19 / Bei Nachbestellungen belieben die No...... anzugeben / Vervielfaltigung vorbehalten / Bernhard Wachtl, Wien
Inscribed, signed and dated in ink (verso): illegible 22/ 7 88
Printed in brown ink: Adèle / KK Hof-Atelier / Wien I Graben 19 / Bei Nachbestellungen belieben die No...... anzugeben / Vervielfaltigung vorbehalten / Bernhard Wachtl, Wien
ProvenanceNotesPossibly a gift from Austrian soprano Amalie Materna (1844-1918) to Isabella Stewart Gardner when the two met in Bayreuth, Germany in 1888.
