Venus Wounded by a Rose Thorn
painter
Unknown
Date1500-1550
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions97.7 x 71.8 cm (38 7/16 x 28 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP26w3
eMuseum ID723215
EmbARK ObjectID12197
TMS Source ID1331
Last Updated8/14/24
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. 20. (as Correggio)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 104. (as influenced by Correggio)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 213. (as follower of Correggio)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 56. (as manner of Correggio)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 197. (as derived from Raphael)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp.103-5, 107, 112, 203, 206, 414.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as after the engraving of Marco Dente da Ravenna and derived from the decoration by the Studio of Raphael for the Stufetta of Cardinal Bibbiena)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 104. (as influenced by Correggio)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 213. (as follower of Correggio)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 56. (as manner of Correggio)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 197. (as derived from Raphael)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp.103-5, 107, 112, 203, 206, 414.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as after the engraving of Marco Dente da Ravenna and derived from the decoration by the Studio of Raphael for the Stufetta of Cardinal Bibbiena)
ProvenanceNotesPossibly in the collection of Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Paris (d. 1839).
Possibly in the collection of Al. Massori, Rome.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Gagliardi, Florence, December 1897 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian. (as Correggio)
Possibly in the collection of Al. Massori, Rome.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Gagliardi, Florence, December 1897 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian. (as Correggio)
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