Charles Martin Loeffler at the Piano
photographer
Unknown
Dateabout 1900
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions8.9 x 8.9 cm (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP1w25
eMuseum ID725814
EmbARK ObjectID24478
TMS Source ID8955
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner collected photographs of internationally celebrated performers as well as her musician friends who were less famous. She arranged these photographs informally around her homes in Boston and Brookline, and when she built her museum she placed them in cases throughout the galleries. This photograph of composer-violinist Charles Martin Loeffler shows him seated before one of the tools of his trade. Gardner provided handsomely for his primary musical talent, giving him a Stradivarius violin she acquired in 1895.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (verso upper left): H26*
Inscribed in pencil (verso upper right): 1.20 / .25-1.50 / 99 / 120 / 160
Inscribed in pencil (verso upper right): 90% / Yellow filter
Inscribed in pencil (verso lower left): C. M. Loeffler
Inscribed in pencil (verso upper right): 1.20 / .25-1.50 / 99 / 120 / 160
Inscribed in pencil (verso upper right): 90% / Yellow filter
Inscribed in pencil (verso lower left): C. M. Loeffler
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
John Templeman Coolidge
1903
Charles Martin Loeffler
25 December 1914
