Bust of Akhenaten
painter
Joseph Lindon Smith
(Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1863 - 1950, Dublin, New Hampshire)
Date1908
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions74 x 44 cm (29 1/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP3s15
eMuseum ID721239
EmbARK ObjectID10892
TMS Source ID158
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotesAnnual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1908), pp. 77-78, 109.
Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith. Exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1910), p. 1, no. 4. (probably refers to this painting)
Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith. Exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit Museum of Art, 1912), p. 1, no. 7.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1920), p. 1.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 344. (as after a bust now housed in Musée du Louvre, Paris, accession no. E 11076)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 27.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 241, 243, ill. (as after 8 April 1908)
Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith. Exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1910), p. 1, no. 4. (probably refers to this painting)
Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith. Exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit Museum of Art, 1912), p. 1, no. 7.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1920), p. 1.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 344. (as after a bust now housed in Musée du Louvre, Paris, accession no. E 11076)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 27.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 241, 243, ill. (as after 8 April 1908)
MarksNotesInscribed (lower left): Joseph.Lindon.Smith
Inscribed (on a Museum of Fine Arts, Boston label affixed to the frame): 1908
Inscribed (on a Museum of Fine Arts, Boston label affixed to the frame): 1908
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950), 1912.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
