Alfonso IV d'Este
painter
Justus Suttermans
(Antwerp, 1597 - 1681, Florence)
Date1649
Place MadeModena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions89.5 x 74.5 cm (35 1/4 x 29 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP21s2
eMuseum ID716782
EmbARK ObjectID11932
TMS Source ID1084
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.
BibliographyNotesLoan Collection of Portraits for the Benefit of the Associated Charities and the North End Union. Exh. Cat. (Copley Hall, Boston, March 1896), p. 39 no. 281. (as the Duke of Monmouth).
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 4, no. 5. (as the Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 14. (as the Duke of Monmouth by Justus Sustermans)
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), pp. 132-34.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 350-51, ill. (establishes the sitter can not be the Duke of Monmouth; renamed "A Young Commander")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 187.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 245-47, ill. (possibly Cosimo III de' Medici)
Lisa Goldenberg Stoppato. "Suttermans' Young Commander Identified." Fenway Court (1982), pp. 29-35, fig. 1 and 5. (as Alfonso IV d'Este and dated about 1649-1654)
Alice Jarrard. Architecture As Performance in Seventeenth-Century Europe: Court Ritual in Modena, Rome, and Paris (Cambridge, 2003), pp. 154-55, fig. 87. (as Alfonso IV d'Este and dated about 1650)
Lisa Goldenberg Stoppato. "Suttermans, Giusto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed 2014, http://www.oxfordartonline.com (as Alfonso IV d'Este and dated 1649)
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 4, no. 5. (as the Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 14. (as the Duke of Monmouth by Justus Sustermans)
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), pp. 132-34.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 350-51, ill. (establishes the sitter can not be the Duke of Monmouth; renamed "A Young Commander")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 187.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 245-47, ill. (possibly Cosimo III de' Medici)
Lisa Goldenberg Stoppato. "Suttermans' Young Commander Identified." Fenway Court (1982), pp. 29-35, fig. 1 and 5. (as Alfonso IV d'Este and dated about 1649-1654)
Alice Jarrard. Architecture As Performance in Seventeenth-Century Europe: Court Ritual in Modena, Rome, and Paris (Cambridge, 2003), pp. 154-55, fig. 87. (as Alfonso IV d'Este and dated about 1650)
Lisa Goldenberg Stoppato. "Suttermans, Giusto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed 2014, http://www.oxfordartonline.com (as Alfonso IV d'Este and dated 1649)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Vincenzo Favenza, Venice for 1100 lire in November 1892 (as the Duke of Monmouth).
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