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The Continence of Scipio
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Continence of Scipio

painter (Verona, 1487 - 1553, Venice)
Date1540-1549
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions180.6 x 173.8 cm (71 1/8 x 68 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP26n5
eMuseum ID721217
EmbARK ObjectID12237
TMS Source ID1371
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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.
BibliographyNotesArt Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 3, no. 12.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 22. (as Alexander and Wife of Darius)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 53-54. (as The Wife of Darius Before Alexander)
Dorthee Westphal. Bonifazio Veronese: Bonifazio dei Pitati (Munich, 1931), p. 83, no. 1.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 227. (as The Wife of Darius Before Alexander)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 31. (as The Wife of Darius Before Alexander)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 30-32. (as The Continence of Scipio)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice on 21 October 1892 for 5000 lire (as a pair with P26s3).
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