Mrs. Gardner at Fenway Court
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John Singer Sargent
(Florence, 1856 - 1925, London)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date1903
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions45.1 x 30.5 cm (17 3/4 x 12 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP1s4
eMuseum ID723488
EmbARK ObjectID10875
TMS Source ID141
Last Updated8/31/24
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. 19.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 228-29.
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 20, fig. 8.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), p.2, ill.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 228-29.
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 20, fig. 8.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), p.2, ill.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (verso): J. S. Sargent / Fenway Court / 1903
ProvenanceNotesPresumably a gift from John Singer Sargent to Isabella Stewart Gardner in April of 1903 when the artist was staying in the Macknight Room of the museum.