Neptune with Sea Horses
sculptorAfter
Alessandro Vittoria
(Trento, Italy, 1525 - 1608, Venice)
Date18th century - 19th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumCast bronze
DimensionsHeight: 46.5 cm (18 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS20w6
eMuseum ID720260
EmbARK ObjectID11844
TMS Source ID1005
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotesLeonard & Co. Collection of antiques originally in the famous museum of Count Piccinardi (Boston, 14 December 1880), pp. 4, 11, lot 11.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 15. (as "Knocker...from the palace of Admiral Doria in Genoa")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 173. (as Italian, possibly Venetian, late 16th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 24 (14 Feb. 1965), p. 2. (as Venetian, late 16th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 155-56, no. 194. (as after Alessandro Vittoria, Venetian, 18th or 19th century)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 15. (as "Knocker...from the palace of Admiral Doria in Genoa")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 173. (as Italian, possibly Venetian, late 16th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 24 (14 Feb. 1965), p. 2. (as Venetian, late 16th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 155-56, no. 194. (as after Alessandro Vittoria, Venetian, 18th or 19th century)
ProvenanceNotesProbably in the collection of the antiquarian and museum founder Count Piccinardi (d. 1762), Parma.
Sold with the Piccinardi collection in 1874
Purchased at the Piccinardi sale with several other small bronzes by the language professor Alberto C. Maggi (d. 1880), Boston on trip to Italy.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as the doorknocker from the palace gate of the Genoese mercanary and admiral Andrea Doria, 1466-1560) from the Maggi sale at Leonard & Co, Boston for $38 on 14 December 1880, lot 11.
Sold with the Piccinardi collection in 1874
Purchased at the Piccinardi sale with several other small bronzes by the language professor Alberto C. Maggi (d. 1880), Boston on trip to Italy.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as the doorknocker from the palace gate of the Genoese mercanary and admiral Andrea Doria, 1466-1560) from the Maggi sale at Leonard & Co, Boston for $38 on 14 December 1880, lot 11.
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