Dominican Nun
sculptor
Unknown
Date17th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPainted terracotta
Dimensions56.5 x 46 x 30 cm (22 1/4 x 18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS30s3
eMuseum ID717326
EmbARK ObjectID12845
TMS Source ID1901
Last Updated11/12/24
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, 1925), p. 33. (the subject as Saint Bridget; as Florentine, 15th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 265. (the subject as Saint Bridget; style of Italian, 15th century; executed in the 19th century, possibly by Giovanni Bastianini)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 153, no. 189. (as Italian, 17th century)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 101-02, 105-06, 108-10, 123, 128-29.
Anita F. Moskowitz. "The Case of Giovanni Bastianini: A Fair and Balanced View." Artibus et Historiae (2004), p. 181, n11. (as not included in John Pope-Hennessy's article "The Forging of Renaissance Sculpture")
Anita Firderer Moskowitz. Forging Authenticity: Bastianini and the Neo-Renaissance in Nineteenth-Century Florence (Florence, 2013), p. 112, n14.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 265. (the subject as Saint Bridget; style of Italian, 15th century; executed in the 19th century, possibly by Giovanni Bastianini)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 153, no. 189. (as Italian, 17th century)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 101-02, 105-06, 108-10, 123, 128-29.
Anita F. Moskowitz. "The Case of Giovanni Bastianini: A Fair and Balanced View." Artibus et Historiae (2004), p. 181, n11. (as not included in John Pope-Hennessy's article "The Forging of Renaissance Sculpture")
Anita Firderer Moskowitz. Forging Authenticity: Bastianini and the Neo-Renaissance in Nineteenth-Century Florence (Florence, 2013), p. 112, n14.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiquarian and dealer Professor Emilio Costantini, Florence for 12,000 lire on 8 December 1897, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) and the art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959).
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