Julius Caesar
sculptorAttributed to
Simone Bianco
(active 1512 - 1548)
Date16th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumCast bronze
Dimensions33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS24e4
eMuseum ID719625
EmbARK ObjectID11994
TMS Source ID1143
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 196. (as in the Italian style of about 1500; probably 19th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 19 (10 Jan. 1965), p. 2. (as 19th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 122-25, no. 151. (as Italian, 19th century)
Peter Meller. "Marmi e Bronzi di Simone Bianco." Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorisches Institutes in Florenz (1977), p. 203, no. 17. (the subject as Julius Caesar (?); as by Simone Bianco)
Ursula Schlegel. "Simone Bianco und die venezianische Malerei." Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorisches Institutes in Florenz (1979), p. 194, n3. (the subject as Julius Caesar (?); as attributed to Simone Bianco by Peter Meller)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), p. 432.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 19 (10 Jan. 1965), p. 2. (as 19th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 122-25, no. 151. (as Italian, 19th century)
Peter Meller. "Marmi e Bronzi di Simone Bianco." Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorisches Institutes in Florenz (1977), p. 203, no. 17. (the subject as Julius Caesar (?); as by Simone Bianco)
Ursula Schlegel. "Simone Bianco und die venezianische Malerei." Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorisches Institutes in Florenz (1979), p. 194, n3. (the subject as Julius Caesar (?); as attributed to Simone Bianco by Peter Meller)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), p. 432.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as a bust of the Florentine humanist Alamanno Zenobius Rinuccini, 1426-1499) from the gallery E. Gimpel & Wildenstein, New York for $9,000 on 6 January 1910, through the American art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959).
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