Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
artist
Paolo Veronese
(Verona, 1528 - 1588, Venice)
Dateabout 1575
Place MadeVeneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPen and brown ink and wash, with white heightening, on prepared grey-green paper, backed on heavy paper with a decorative border
Dimensions45.5 x 30.2 cm (17 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP25w39
eMuseum ID722847
EmbARK ObjectID12055
TMS Source ID1203
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.
BibliographyNotesChristie, Manson and Woods. Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters Formed by a Well-Known Amateur (London, 12-14 May 1902), p. 8, lot 49. (as Veronese, for the altarpiece of Santa Caterina in Venice)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 409. (as Veronese, first study for the altarpiece for Santa Caterina in Venice)
H. Tietze and E. Tietze-Conrat. The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (New York, 1944), p. 341, no. 2045, pl. CLIX, 2. (as probably the modello Veronese submitted for the altarpiece of Santa Caterina in Venice)
W. E. Suida. "Paolo Veronese and his Circle: Some Unpublished Works." Art Quarterly 8 (1945), p. 176. (as possibly from the collection of Bishop Paolo Coccapani in Reggio Emilia (1584-1650))
E. P. Richardson. "Paolo Veronese's Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine." Art Quarterly 8 (1945), p. 237.
S. Moschini Marconi. Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia, Opere del sec. XVI (Rome, 1962), under no. 139.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 43 (26 Jun. 1966), p. 2.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 24-26, no. 11. (as Veronese)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 286.
Terisio Pignatti. Veronese (Venice, 1976), pp. 137, under no. 183, fig. 476. (as possibly a ricordo)
Richard Cocke. "Veronese's Independent Chiaroscuro Drawings." Master Drawings 15 (1977), p. 267, no.3. (as a copy of a lost prepatory drawing by Veronese)
D. De Grazia Bohlin. Prints and Drawings by the Carracci Family. Exh. cat. (Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1979), no. 104. (rejects attribution to Veronese)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1981), pp. 70-71, ill. (as Veronese, about 1575)
Richard Cocke. Veronese's Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1984), p. 339, no. 162. (rejects attribution to Veronese)
Terisio Pignatii. "Chiaroscuro Drawings by Paolo Veronese: The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine." Fenway Court (1984), pp. 22-27, fig. 1. (as Veronese)
Hiliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as studio of Veronese)
Virginia Brilliant. "Altarpieces and Heavenly Visions" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), pp. 154-55 cat. 27, 267. (as Veronese's modello for Santa Caterina, Venice)
Virginia Brilliant. "Veronese in America: Collecting and Taste" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), pp. 86 ill., 90-91 fig. 38.
Diana Gisolfi. "Veronese's Training, Methods, and Shop Practice" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), pp. 40-41. (as Veronese's modello for Santa Caterina, Venice)
John Marciari. "The Drawings of Veronese" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), p. 202 (as a copy by an assistant of a lost drawing by Veronese)
Blake de Maria. "Veronese and His Patrons" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), p. 52. (as Veronese's modello for Santa Caterina, Venice)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 409. (as Veronese, first study for the altarpiece for Santa Caterina in Venice)
H. Tietze and E. Tietze-Conrat. The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (New York, 1944), p. 341, no. 2045, pl. CLIX, 2. (as probably the modello Veronese submitted for the altarpiece of Santa Caterina in Venice)
W. E. Suida. "Paolo Veronese and his Circle: Some Unpublished Works." Art Quarterly 8 (1945), p. 176. (as possibly from the collection of Bishop Paolo Coccapani in Reggio Emilia (1584-1650))
E. P. Richardson. "Paolo Veronese's Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine." Art Quarterly 8 (1945), p. 237.
S. Moschini Marconi. Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia, Opere del sec. XVI (Rome, 1962), under no. 139.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 43 (26 Jun. 1966), p. 2.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 24-26, no. 11. (as Veronese)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 286.
Terisio Pignatti. Veronese (Venice, 1976), pp. 137, under no. 183, fig. 476. (as possibly a ricordo)
Richard Cocke. "Veronese's Independent Chiaroscuro Drawings." Master Drawings 15 (1977), p. 267, no.3. (as a copy of a lost prepatory drawing by Veronese)
D. De Grazia Bohlin. Prints and Drawings by the Carracci Family. Exh. cat. (Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1979), no. 104. (rejects attribution to Veronese)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1981), pp. 70-71, ill. (as Veronese, about 1575)
Richard Cocke. Veronese's Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1984), p. 339, no. 162. (rejects attribution to Veronese)
Terisio Pignatii. "Chiaroscuro Drawings by Paolo Veronese: The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine." Fenway Court (1984), pp. 22-27, fig. 1. (as Veronese)
Hiliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as studio of Veronese)
Virginia Brilliant. "Altarpieces and Heavenly Visions" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), pp. 154-55 cat. 27, 267. (as Veronese's modello for Santa Caterina, Venice)
Virginia Brilliant. "Veronese in America: Collecting and Taste" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), pp. 86 ill., 90-91 fig. 38.
Diana Gisolfi. "Veronese's Training, Methods, and Shop Practice" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), pp. 40-41. (as Veronese's modello for Santa Caterina, Venice)
John Marciari. "The Drawings of Veronese" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), p. 202 (as a copy by an assistant of a lost drawing by Veronese)
Blake de Maria. "Veronese and His Patrons" in Virginia Brilliant et al. (eds.). Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. Exh. cat. (Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2012), p. 52. (as Veronese's modello for Santa Caterina, Venice)
MarksNotesStamped in black ink (lower right) : PL [collector's mark of Sir Peter Lely, Lugt 2092]
Stamped blue ink (lower right): ISG [collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed in pen and brown ink (lower right): JCR [Sir John Charles Robinson, Lugt 1433]
Inscribed in pencil (mount, lower left): No. 2 No. 11
Inscribed in pen and brown ink and erased (mount, lower area): Paole Veron e se
Inscribed in pencil (mount, lower right): S. Caterina Venise
Inscribed in pencil (mount, lower right): Sir P. Lely
Stamped blue ink (mount, lower right): ISG [collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed in black penci (verso of mount): 49.
Stamped blue ink (lower right): ISG [collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed in pen and brown ink (lower right): JCR [Sir John Charles Robinson, Lugt 1433]
Inscribed in pencil (mount, lower left): No. 2 No. 11
Inscribed in pen and brown ink and erased (mount, lower area): Paole Veron e se
Inscribed in pencil (mount, lower right): S. Caterina Venise
Inscribed in pencil (mount, lower right): Sir P. Lely
Stamped blue ink (mount, lower right): ISG [collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed in black penci (verso of mount): 49.
ProvenanceNotesAcquired by the English court painter Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), London at an unknown date.
Acquired by the museum curator and art collector Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), Newton Manor, Swanage, Dorset at an unknown date.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Robinson sale, Christie's, London through the dealer Agnew & Son's, London, for £115 on 12 May 1902, lot 49.
Acquired by the museum curator and art collector Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), Newton Manor, Swanage, Dorset at an unknown date.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Robinson sale, Christie's, London through the dealer Agnew & Son's, London, for £115 on 12 May 1902, lot 49.
