Portrait of a Lady in Black
painter
Domenico Tintoretto
(Venice, 1560 - 1635, Venice)
Dateabout 1590-1599
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions115.5 x 96.7 cm (45 1/2 x 38 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP24e2
eMuseum ID720663
EmbARK ObjectID11970
TMS Source ID1120
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 18. (as "Portrait of a Lady," by Jacopo Tintoretto)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 364-65. (as Jacopo Tintoretto)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 196. (as Jacopo Tintoretto)
Stuart Preston. "A Lady in Black" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 32.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 199. (as Jacopo Tintoretto)
Garnett McCoy. "The Price of a Small Motor Car." Fenway Court (1972), p. 29. (lists former attributions of Dominico Robusti; Venetian, about 1600; and Bassano)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 253. (as Jacopo Tintoretto)
Paola Rossi. Tintoretto: I ritratti (Milan, 1990), p. 106, no. 13A. (as Domenico Tintoretto)
Hilliard Goldfarb. Imaging the Self in Renaissance Italy. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum III. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 23-24. (as Domenico Tintoretto)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Domenico Tintoretto)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 364-65. (as Jacopo Tintoretto)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 196. (as Jacopo Tintoretto)
Stuart Preston. "A Lady in Black" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 32.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 199. (as Jacopo Tintoretto)
Garnett McCoy. "The Price of a Small Motor Car." Fenway Court (1972), p. 29. (lists former attributions of Dominico Robusti; Venetian, about 1600; and Bassano)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 253. (as Jacopo Tintoretto)
Paola Rossi. Tintoretto: I ritratti (Milan, 1990), p. 106, no. 13A. (as Domenico Tintoretto)
Hilliard Goldfarb. Imaging the Self in Renaissance Italy. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum III. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 23-24. (as Domenico Tintoretto)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Domenico Tintoretto)
MarksNotesTwo red wax seals (reverse, one on stretcher member and one on canvas) bearing Chigi seal; both apparently removed from elsewhere and reattached after relining.
Inscribed (on the original canvas reverse, beneath relining): N. 18 [undecipherable] T.
Inscribed (on the original canvas reverse, beneath relining): N. 18 [undecipherable] T.
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Prince Chigi, Rome.
Collection of the art dealers M. Knoedler & Co., New York by 1903.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from M. Knoedler & Co., New York on 20 February 1903 for $40,000 through the artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925).
Collection of the art dealers M. Knoedler & Co., New York by 1903.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from M. Knoedler & Co., New York on 20 February 1903 for $40,000 through the artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925).
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