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(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Mary, Queen of Scots
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Mary, Queen of Scots

engraver (Florence, 1727 - 1815, Lisbon)
artist (Sant'Angelo in Vado, 1540/1541 - 1609, Ancona)
subject (Linlithgow, Scotland, 1542 - 1587, Fotheringhay, England)
Dateabout 1779
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumEngraving
Dimensions38.1 x 27.6 cm (15 x 10 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP1w12
eMuseum ID722703
Previous Number50
EmbARK ObjectID11001
TMS Source ID257
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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.
BibliographyNotesAmerican Art Association. Catalogue of the Art Collection formed by the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan... (New York, 8-12 March 1886), p. 257, lot 1723. (Mary Queen of Scots, after Zuccheri.)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 1.
ProvenanceNotesAcquired by Mary Jane Morgan (d. 1885), American fine and decorative arts collector and second wife of the shipping, railroad and iron magnate Charles Morgan (1795-1878), at an unknown date.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Garder at the sale of the collection of Mary Jane Morgan, at the American Art Association, New York, lot 1723, for $40.00 on 18 March 1886, through the art dealer Frederick Keppel & Co.