Tabernacle in a Triptych
sculptor
Bartolomeo Giolfino
(Italian, 1410 - 1486)
Datemid 15th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumLimestone (with some remnants of paint)
Dimensions233.7 x 160 cm (92 x 63 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS12n5
eMuseum ID722839
EmbARK ObjectID13472
TMS Source ID2402
Last Updated10/8/24
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, 1903), p. 4. (as from the Veneto, gothic)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 76-77. (the central panel as Venetian, later 15th century; the two sides as recent construction)
Ulrich Middelorf. "Three Sculptors of the Veneto Represented at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1973), pp. 6-8, figs. 8-9. (as attributed to Bartolomeo Giolfino, 1st half of the 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 128-29, no. 159. (as Bartolomeo Giolfino, middle of the 15th century)
J. Soultanian et al. :Conservation problems of the Veronese altar tripytch by Bartolomeo Giolfino at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Case studies in the conservation of stone and wall painting. IIC Congress (1986), pp. 72-74, figs. 1-5.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 76-77. (the central panel as Venetian, later 15th century; the two sides as recent construction)
Ulrich Middelorf. "Three Sculptors of the Veneto Represented at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1973), pp. 6-8, figs. 8-9. (as attributed to Bartolomeo Giolfino, 1st half of the 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 128-29, no. 159. (as Bartolomeo Giolfino, middle of the 15th century)
J. Soultanian et al. :Conservation problems of the Veronese altar tripytch by Bartolomeo Giolfino at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Case studies in the conservation of stone and wall painting. IIC Congress (1986), pp. 72-74, figs. 1-5.
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have come from a church in the Veneto. Several frescoes (museum nos. P12w16-17, P12w20, and P12w24) are said to have come from the same church.
Purchased from the cabinet maker and antiquarian Antonio Carrer (d. 1912), Venice for about 2,400 lire on 25 September 1897.
Purchased from the cabinet maker and antiquarian Antonio Carrer (d. 1912), Venice for about 2,400 lire on 25 September 1897.
