The Virgin and Child
painter
Unknown
Date1425-1475
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumTempera and gold on hardwood panel
Dimensions60 x 41 cm (23 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP30e2
eMuseum ID728811
Original NumberP30e2
EmbARK ObjectID12803
TMS Source ID1859
Last Updated11/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 191-92, ill. (as Italian, 1450-1500; as "peasant craftmanship," with the influence of a Venetian painter)
George Martin Richter. Review of Philip Hendy, Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, vol. 61 (1932), p. 239. (as connected with Gentile Bellini)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 262. (as Italian, probably Venice or Padua, 2nd half of the 15th century)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 224. (as Italian, 15th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 173-74, ill. (as Venetian, 1425-1475; style of Giambono)
George Martin Richter. Review of Philip Hendy, Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, vol. 61 (1932), p. 239. (as connected with Gentile Bellini)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 262. (as Italian, probably Venice or Padua, 2nd half of the 15th century)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 224. (as Italian, 15th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 173-74, ill. (as Venetian, 1425-1475; style of Giambono)
MarksNotesInscribed (on the hem of the Virgin's robe): AVE MARIA GRATIA PLE[NA] (over her head) / FIDELIA (over her wrist) (portions of the Ave Maria or Hail Mary prayer with decorative lettering interspersed)
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice for 800 lire on 2 September 1897. (as the work of the Italian painter Jacobello del Fiore, active about 1400-1439)
