Object details
Object number
M3e14
Creator(s)
Jane Poupelet
(Saint-Paul-Lizonne, France, 1874 - 1932, Paris)
Title
Drake
Date
1905-1910
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed (side of base): J. Poupelet
Inscribed in ink (label affixed to the base): Mlle Poupelet J. bronze / 30 Rue Dutot / Paris.
Inscribed and printed in ink (label affixed to the base): M.F.A. / Poupelet / Cat. No. 121
Provenance
Exhibited at the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo from 16 November to 26 December 1911.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the exhibition's second venue, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in March 1912.
Commentary
Isabella 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.
Bibliography
Cornelia Bentley Sage. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works by the Members of the "Société de Peintres et de Sculpteurs" (Formerly the Société Nouvelle of Paris). Exh. cat. (Buffalo: Albright Art Gallery, 1911), p. 47, no. 116.
Cornelia Bentley Sage. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works by the Members of the "Société de Peintres et de Sculpteurs" (Formerly the Société Nouvelle of Paris). Exh. cat. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1912), p. 69, no. 121.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 40.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 180, no. 269.
Gallery
Blue Room
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