Cupids at Work
painter
Unknown
Date1700 -1750
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions128.9 x 105.4 cm (50 3/4 x 41 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP18w5
eMuseum ID717043
EmbARK ObjectID10941
TMS Source ID200
Last Updated8/14/24
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), p. 192. (as Italian or French, 1700-1750)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 137. (as Italian or French, 1700-1750; in the manner of Boucher)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 125, ill. (as Italian or French, 1700-1750)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 156, ill. (as French)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 137. (as Italian or French, 1700-1750; in the manner of Boucher)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 125, ill. (as Italian or French, 1700-1750)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 156, ill. (as French)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1882.
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