Saint Bernardino
sculptor
Unknown
Datelate 15th century
Place MadeSiena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumPolychromed terracotta
Dimensions43 x 43 x 22 cm (16 15/16 x 16 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS30n6
eMuseum ID717333
EmbARK ObjectID13468
TMS Source ID2399
Last Updated11/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesArt Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 8, no. 19. (unattributed)
E. Piero Misciattelli. "Iconografia bernardino." La Diana (1931), pp. 251-2. (as Sienese school, contemporary with the saint (1380-1444); "reminds one of Vecchiatta"; mistakenly says this sculpture is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 273-74. (as probably Siena, 15th century; "formerly attributed to Donatello, Vecchietta, and others")
John Pope-Hennessy. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum vol. 1 (London, 1964), p. 265. (unattributed; related to a bust in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, museum no. 217-1894, style of Vecchietta; and a bust in the sacristy of San Giobbe, Venice, attributed to Bellano)
John Pope-Hennessy. "The Forging of Italian Renaissance Sculpture." Apollo (1974), pp. 259, 261, fig. 57. (as a 19th century forgery by Bastianini)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 112-13, no. 141. (as Tuscan, last quarter of the 15th century)
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. 43-44, 46. (as Tuscan, late 15th century)
Anita F. Moskowitz. "The Case of Giovanni Bastianini: A Fair and Balanced View." Artibus et Historiae (2004), p. 181, n11. (notes that this sculpture was omitted from the reprint of Pope-Hennessy's article "Forging of Italian Sculpture" cited above)
E. Piero Misciattelli. "Iconografia bernardino." La Diana (1931), pp. 251-2. (as Sienese school, contemporary with the saint (1380-1444); "reminds one of Vecchiatta"; mistakenly says this sculpture is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 273-74. (as probably Siena, 15th century; "formerly attributed to Donatello, Vecchietta, and others")
John Pope-Hennessy. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum vol. 1 (London, 1964), p. 265. (unattributed; related to a bust in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, museum no. 217-1894, style of Vecchietta; and a bust in the sacristy of San Giobbe, Venice, attributed to Bellano)
John Pope-Hennessy. "The Forging of Italian Renaissance Sculpture." Apollo (1974), pp. 259, 261, fig. 57. (as a 19th century forgery by Bastianini)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 112-13, no. 141. (as Tuscan, last quarter of the 15th century)
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. 43-44, 46. (as Tuscan, late 15th century)
Anita F. Moskowitz. "The Case of Giovanni Bastianini: A Fair and Balanced View." Artibus et Historiae (2004), p. 181, n11. (notes that this sculpture was omitted from the reprint of Pope-Hennessy's article "Forging of Italian Sculpture" cited above)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Stefano Bardini, Florence for 2,408 lire on 6 October 1897.
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