Day
artist
Dennis Miller Bunker
(Garden City, New York, 1861 - 1890, Boston)
Dateabout 1883-1884
Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumPen and wash on paper
Dimensions46.7 x 59.1 cm (18 3/8 x 23 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP3w10
eMuseum ID723154
EmbARK ObjectID10988
TMS Source ID246
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue of an Exhibition of the Pictures of Dennis Miller Bunker. Exh. cat. (Boston: St. Botolph Club, 1891), no. 82. (entitled "From the Medici Tomb")
Robert Hale Ives Gammell. Dennis Miller Bunker (New York, 1953), p. 15. (called "a figure of Day from the Medici tombs")
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 65. (entitled "Day," after Michelangelo)
Erica E. Hirshler et al. Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist. Exh. cat. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1994), p. 170, fig. 175. (entitled "Day, Cast after Michelangelo's Medici Chapel"; 1882-1883)
Hilliard Goldfarb and Erica Hirshler. Dennis Miller Bunker and His Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1995), p. 20, n2. (as a study after Michelangelo)
Robert Hale Ives Gammell. Dennis Miller Bunker (New York, 1953), p. 15. (called "a figure of Day from the Medici tombs")
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 65. (entitled "Day," after Michelangelo)
Erica E. Hirshler et al. Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist. Exh. cat. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1994), p. 170, fig. 175. (entitled "Day, Cast after Michelangelo's Medici Chapel"; 1882-1883)
Hilliard Goldfarb and Erica Hirshler. Dennis Miller Bunker and His Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1995), p. 20, n2. (as a study after Michelangelo)
MarksNotesInscribed (lower left): Bunker
Watermarked: MICHALLET
Watermarked: MICHALLET
ProvenanceNotesInstalled with a companion study of a Torso (museum no. P3w9) in Cowles Art School, Boston after 1883.
Both studies were probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1891.
Both studies were probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1891.
