Virgin and Child with the Venier Coat of Arms
sculptor
Unknown
Date1450-1475
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumIstrian stone (with traces of polychrome and gilding still visible)
Dimensions121.9 x 90.2 x 6 cm (48 x 35 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS12s1
eMuseum ID722870
EmbARK ObjectID13474
TMS Source ID2404
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 4. (as "Madonna and Child...from a church in the Veneto")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 79-80. (as a follower of Donatello, later 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 132-33, no. 165. (as Venetian, 3rd quarter of the 15th century; the arms as Venier family)
Alberto Rizzi. Scultura Esterna a Venezia: Corpus delle Sculture Erratiche all'aperto di Venezia e della sua Laguna (Venice, 1989), p. 47, fig. 23 (as 3rd quarter of the 15th century; the arms as probably Venier family, possibly those of the Magno or Foscari)
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), p. 186. (as 3rd quarter of the 15th century, the arms as those of the Vernier family)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 79-80. (as a follower of Donatello, later 15th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 132-33, no. 165. (as Venetian, 3rd quarter of the 15th century; the arms as Venier family)
Alberto Rizzi. Scultura Esterna a Venezia: Corpus delle Sculture Erratiche all'aperto di Venezia e della sua Laguna (Venice, 1989), p. 47, fig. 23 (as 3rd quarter of the 15th century; the arms as probably Venier family, possibly those of the Magno or Foscari)
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), p. 186. (as 3rd quarter of the 15th century, the arms as those of the Vernier family)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as a coat of arms of the Venetian Foscari family) from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice for 1,600 lire on 2 September 1897.
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