Virgin of Humility with Saints
painter
Unknown
Date1365-1415
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumGold and tempera on panel
Dimensions65 x 47 cm (25 9/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP15w37
eMuseum ID717974
EmbARK ObjectID10965
TMS Source ID224
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.
BibliographyNotesF. Mason Perkins. "Pitture Senesi negli Stati Uniti." Rassegna d'Arte Senese (1905), p. 75. (as similar to the manner of Andrea di Vanni to whom it is ascribed)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 140-142. (as Emilian?, dated 1350-1400)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 97-98. (as possibly Emilian, dated 1350-1400)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Frederico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), p. 245. (as Venetian, 14th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 274-76. (as Venetian, dated 1365-1415 as noted in a letter from Miklòs Boskovits to the author dated 2 August 1972)
Andrea De Marchi. "Una tavola nella Narodna Galeria di Ljubljana e una proposta per Marco di Paolo Veneziano" in Janez Hoefler (ed.). Gotika v Sloveniji. Nastajanje kulturnega prostora med Alpami, Panonijo in Jadranom. (Ljubljana, 1995), p. 255, note 53. (as Master of the Torre di Palme polyptych)
Nathaniel Silver "Isabella Stewart Gardner, Simone Martini, and Gold-Ground Paintings in America" in Nathaniel Silver (ed.). Simone Martini in Orvieto. Exh. cat. (Boston, MA: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2022) p. 18, fig. 5.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 140-142. (as Emilian?, dated 1350-1400)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 97-98. (as possibly Emilian, dated 1350-1400)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Frederico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), p. 245. (as Venetian, 14th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 274-76. (as Venetian, dated 1365-1415 as noted in a letter from Miklòs Boskovits to the author dated 2 August 1972)
Andrea De Marchi. "Una tavola nella Narodna Galeria di Ljubljana e una proposta per Marco di Paolo Veneziano" in Janez Hoefler (ed.). Gotika v Sloveniji. Nastajanje kulturnega prostora med Alpami, Panonijo in Jadranom. (Ljubljana, 1995), p. 255, note 53. (as Master of the Torre di Palme polyptych)
Nathaniel Silver "Isabella Stewart Gardner, Simone Martini, and Gold-Ground Paintings in America" in Nathaniel Silver (ed.). Simone Martini in Orvieto. Exh. cat. (Boston, MA: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2022) p. 18, fig. 5.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner’s collection by the 1880s.
Installed in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Musuem, Boston by 1905 as probably a work by Andrea di Vanni (Sienese painter and goldsmith, about 1332–about 1414).
Installed in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Musuem, Boston by 1905 as probably a work by Andrea di Vanni (Sienese painter and goldsmith, about 1332–about 1414).
Andrea Mantegna
about 1497-1500
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