The Annunciation
painter
Bicci di Lorenzo
(Florence, 1373 - 1452, Florence)
Date1385-1390
Place MadeFlorence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumGold and tempera on panel (trasferred to canvas affixed to a modern mahogany panel)
Dimensions138 x 104 cm (54 5/16 x 40 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP15s2
eMuseum ID721718
EmbARK ObjectID10925
TMS Source ID184
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 10. (as by Agnolo Gaddi)
Lewis Einstein et al. "The Museum of the New York Historical Society." The Scrip: Notes on Art, vol. 1 (1905), p. 14. (as "placed under the name of Agnolo Gaddi")
Osvald Sirén. "Trecento Pictures in American Collections-V." The Burlington Magazine for connoisseurs, vol. 15 (June 1909), p. 197. (as probably North Italian, beginning of the 15th century)
Raimond van Marle. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. 3 (The Hague, 1924), p. 557, n1. (as wrongly attributed to Agnolo Gaddi)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 142-44, ill. (as Florentine (?), 1375-1425; largely modern restoration)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 87. (as probably Florentine, about 1375-1425; very little original paint remains, but original portions resemble the work of Jacopo di Cione)
Bernard Berenson. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School, vol. 1 (London, 1964), p. 103. (as Jacopo di Cione?)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 218. (as Florence, 14th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 89-90, ill. (as Florentine, 1365-1395; style nearest to Jacopo di Cione)
Miklòs Boskovits. Pittura fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento 1370-1400 (Florence, 1975), pp. 108, 331, pl. 3. (attributed to Bicci di Lorenzo, 1385-1390)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 264-73, 277.
Lewis Einstein et al. "The Museum of the New York Historical Society." The Scrip: Notes on Art, vol. 1 (1905), p. 14. (as "placed under the name of Agnolo Gaddi")
Osvald Sirén. "Trecento Pictures in American Collections-V." The Burlington Magazine for connoisseurs, vol. 15 (June 1909), p. 197. (as probably North Italian, beginning of the 15th century)
Raimond van Marle. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. 3 (The Hague, 1924), p. 557, n1. (as wrongly attributed to Agnolo Gaddi)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 142-44, ill. (as Florentine (?), 1375-1425; largely modern restoration)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 87. (as probably Florentine, about 1375-1425; very little original paint remains, but original portions resemble the work of Jacopo di Cione)
Bernard Berenson. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School, vol. 1 (London, 1964), p. 103. (as Jacopo di Cione?)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 218. (as Florence, 14th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 89-90, ill. (as Florentine, 1365-1395; style nearest to Jacopo di Cione)
Miklòs Boskovits. Pittura fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento 1370-1400 (Florence, 1975), pp. 108, 331, pl. 3. (attributed to Bicci di Lorenzo, 1385-1390)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 264-73, 277.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in London for £750 around 15 October 1901, through the American art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959), via Miss Toplady, a curiosity shop founded by art critic Mary Berenson (1864-1945) and her brother, author Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946), London. (as the work of the Florentine painter Agnolo Gaddi, active 1369-1396)
Andrea Mantegna
about 1497-1500
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