Petrus Bon
sculptor
Unknown
Datelate 15th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions47.5 x 37 x 7 cm (18 11/16 x 14 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27w76
eMuseum ID725045
EmbARK ObjectID12423
TMS Source ID1547
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. 23. (as a bas-relief of a man's head by Petrus Bon)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 232. (as bust of a man; as perhaps by Pietro Lombardi)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 138, no. 169. (the sitter as Pietro Bon; as Venetian, late 15th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 232. (as bust of a man; as perhaps by Pietro Lombardi)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 138, no. 169. (the sitter as Pietro Bon; as Venetian, late 15th century)
MarksNotesInscribed (across the bottom): PETRUS BON TREMOLUS
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have been discovered in a villa near the Lateran, Rome in about 1901.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer in Rome for 3,000 lire by 24 November 1901, through the art historian and archaeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918), who attributed the sculpture to the Bolognese artist Francesco Francia (about 1450-1517).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer in Rome for 3,000 lire by 24 November 1901, through the art historian and archaeologist Richard Norton (1872-1918), who attributed the sculpture to the Bolognese artist Francesco Francia (about 1450-1517).
