Andrea Mantegna's 'Virgin and Child'
photographer
Thomas E. Marr
(Canadian-American, 1849 - 1910)
Dateabout 1899
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumGlass plate negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.Marr.2072.a
eMuseum ID716642
EmbARK ObjectID26420
TMS Source ID10182
Last Updated10/26/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella worked with the Boston photographic firm Thomas E. Marr & Son, comprised of Thomas and his son Arthur, to document her collection. This photograph was probably taken shortly after Isabella purchased the painting, The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Six Female Saints (P15s5), by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) in 1899. It hangs in the museum's Early Italian Room.
MarksNotesSigned (lower right): T.E. Marr (c)
Stamped (lower right): 35
Inscribed (lower left): 2072
Stamped (lower right): 35
Inscribed (lower left): 2072
ProvenanceNotesCommissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Boston photographic firm, Thomas E. Marr and Son around 1899.
