Luis Mazzantini
photographer
Unknown
subject
Luis Mazzantini
(Guipúzcoa, 1856 - 1926, Madrid)
Dateabout 1888
Place MadeSpain, Europe
MediumAlbumen print on card
Dimensions10.5 x 7 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006510
eMuseum ID716827
EmbARK ObjectID32353
Other NumberP27w534
TMS Source ID15922
Last Updated12/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis photograph of famed Spanish matador Luis Mazzantini was likely acquired by Isabella after the bullfight she attended in Seville, Spain in 1888. It was at this bullfight that Isabella witnessed Mazzantini, as she inscribed on his photograph, “kill 3 bulls.” One of these bulls was said to have been in Isabella’s honor, which horrified her.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (top left): I saw him kill 3 bulls.
Inscribed in ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (bottom left): Louis Mazzantini / Matador
Inscribed in ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (bottom left): Louis Mazzantini / Matador
ProvenanceNotesProbably acquired in 1888 by Isabella Stewart Gardner when she saw Mazzantini in Seville, Spain.
