Dante Alighieri
primary
Vincent Brooks
(English, active 1848 - 1866)
after
Giotto
(Florence, 1266 or 1267 - 1337, Florence)
after
Seymour Kirkup
(English, 1788 - 1880)
subject
Dante Alighieri
(Florence, 1265 - 1321, Ravenna)
Date1859
MediumChromolithograph
Dimensions43.2 x 33 cm (17 x 13 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP27e848
eMuseum ID721173
TMS Source ID24370
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotesDakota Jackson, "Isabella and the Dante Society," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2 November 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-dante-society
MarksNotesInscribed (lower center): Fac-simile of a Portrait by Giotto discovered in 1841 in the Bargello at Florence from a tracing by Seymour Kirkup Esq. made previously to restoration of the fresco and now the property of the Rt. Honble Lord Vernon. / Vincent Brooks, Chromo-lith. / Arundel Society, 24 Old Bond Street
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Henry M. Brooks
February 1896
