The Bird House, Villa Borghese, Rome
painter
Martin Mower
(Lynn, Massachusetts, 1870 - 1960, Vancouver)
Date1922
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions34 x 42 cm (13 3/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP3e4
eMuseum ID722736
EmbARK ObjectID10854
TMS Source ID121
Last Updated11/6/24
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.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 250. (as 1922)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 39. (as 1922)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 170, 172, ill. (as 1922)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 39. (as 1922)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 170, 172, ill. (as 1922)
MarksNotesInscribed (lower right) M / M
Inscribed on label affixed to frame (verso): WM. S. Conely / Carver & Gilder, / Plain & Ornamental Framer, No. 19 Essex Street / New [Yo]rk.
Inscribed on label affixed to frame (verso): WM. S. Conely / Carver & Gilder, / Plain & Ornamental Framer, No. 19 Essex Street / New [Yo]rk.
ProvenanceNotesGift from the painter Martin Mower (1870-1960) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 14 April 1922.
