Nursing Virgin and Child
painterAfter
Bernardino Luini
(about 1480 - about 1532)
Date19th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumOil on poplar panel
Dimensions54.5 x 43.5 cm (21 7/16 x 17 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP27e22
eMuseum ID723130
EmbARK ObjectID12488
TMS Source ID1598
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.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 209.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 245.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 140.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 245.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 140.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
ProvenanceNotesAccording to a manuscript note that accompanied the painting, in the collection of a family of Belgian counts, Belgiosi (?) in Milan, descended from the Contessa Ricciarda through marriage to the Conte Defieri (?).
By inheritance to Veneziani, Florence.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from a dealer (?) Veneziani, Florence on 2 April 1903 for $1500 through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863–1950) to whom it was recommended by the scholar and collector Charles Loeser (1864–1928). (as Bernardino Luini)
By inheritance to Veneziani, Florence.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from a dealer (?) Veneziani, Florence on 2 April 1903 for $1500 through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863–1950) to whom it was recommended by the scholar and collector Charles Loeser (1864–1928). (as Bernardino Luini)
