A Lady with a Nosegay
painter
Bacchiacca
(Florence, 1494 - 1557, Florence)
Dateabout 1525
Place MadeFlorence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumOil on linden panel
Dimensionspanel: 22 7/16 x 17 1/4 in. (57 x 43.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP15e13
eMuseum ID720725
EmbARK ObjectID10753
TMS Source ID23
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryBacchiacca depicted idealized images of women, not vivid likenesses, which makes it difficult to identify the woman in this portrait. Some scholars believe it may be the painter’s wife, Tommasa di Carlo. The most detailed part of the painting is the small bouquet of white flowers she holds. Fragrant jasmine was introduced to the gardens of Italy in the mid-1300s and in art, often symbolizes divine love and heavenly happiness.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 12.
Arthur McComb. "Francesco Ubertini (Bacchiacca)." The Art Bulletin 8, no. 3 (March 1926), pp. 140-167, fig. 18.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 19-21.
Stuart Preston. "A Lady with a Nosegay" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 23.
Sylvia Sprigge. Berenson, a Biography (Boston, 1960), pp. 183-85.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 37 (15 May 1966), p. 2. (excerpting Sylvia Sprigge, pp. 183-85)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 13.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 8-10.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 235, 237, 246-248, 250-251, 260, 262-264, 295.
Hilliard Goldfarb. Imaging the Self in Renaissance Italy. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum III. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 21-23, ill.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
Jenny Pore, "The Spirit of Violets," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 11 June 2024, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/spirit-violets
Arthur McComb. "Francesco Ubertini (Bacchiacca)." The Art Bulletin 8, no. 3 (March 1926), pp. 140-167, fig. 18.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 19-21.
Stuart Preston. "A Lady with a Nosegay" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 23.
Sylvia Sprigge. Berenson, a Biography (Boston, 1960), pp. 183-85.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 37 (15 May 1966), p. 2. (excerpting Sylvia Sprigge, pp. 183-85)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 13.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 8-10.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 235, 237, 246-248, 250-251, 260, 262-264, 295.
Hilliard Goldfarb. Imaging the Self in Renaissance Italy. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum III. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 21-23, ill.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
Jenny Pore, "The Spirit of Violets," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 11 June 2024, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/spirit-violets
ProvenanceNotesCollection of William Rankin, New York.
Collection of the dealer Carlo Coppoli, Florence by 1901.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Carlo Coppoli, Florence in February 1901 for £500 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian.
Collection of the dealer Carlo Coppoli, Florence by 1901.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Carlo Coppoli, Florence in February 1901 for £500 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian.
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