Man in Umbrian Costume
artistWorkshop of
Perugino
(Città della Pieve, about 1450 - 1523, Fontignano)
Datelate 15th century
Place MadeUmbria, Italy, Europe
MediumTraces of metalpoint on paper significantly retouched by a later hand in graphite
Dimensions23.6 x 10.6 cm (9 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number1.1.o.8
eMuseum ID723632
Original Number2.4.o.91
EmbARK ObjectID10746
TMS Source ID19
Last Updated10/3/24
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.
BibliographyNotesChristie, Manson and Woods. Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters Formed by a Well-Known Amateur During the Last Forty Years (London, 12-14 May 1902), p. 29, lot 258. (as Perugino, Study of a Young Man)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 9-10, no. 5. (as Umbrian)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Umbrian, Workshop of Perugino?)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 9-10, no. 5. (as Umbrian)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Umbrian, Workshop of Perugino?)
MarksNotesInscribed in brown ink (verso, upper left): No. 8 Pietro
Inscribed in black chalk (verso, upper right): 23
Stamped in blue ink (verso, lower right): ISG [in an oval, collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed in black chalk (verso, upper right): 23
Stamped in blue ink (verso, lower right): ISG [in an oval, collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
ProvenanceNotesConestabile Collection, Perugia.
Collection of Sir John Charles Robinson (1824–1913), museum curator, collector, and connoisseur, London.
Purchased by the art dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1901-2.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from Christie's, London on 13 May 1902 for £150 through Thomas Agnew & Sons (Robinson sale, lot 258).
Collection of Sir John Charles Robinson (1824–1913), museum curator, collector, and connoisseur, London.
Purchased by the art dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1901-2.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from Christie's, London on 13 May 1902 for £150 through Thomas Agnew & Sons (Robinson sale, lot 258).
