Isabella Stewart Gardner
painter
Dennis Miller Bunker
(Garden City, New York, 1861 - 1890, Boston)
subject
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date1889
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions59.7 x 48.9 cm (23 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP33e6
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryDennis Miller Bunker painted Isabella in a gown she wore to the Artists' Festival, a costume ball benefiting the Boston Art Students' Association in April of 1889. Isabella sat on the organizing committee for the evening and the Boston Globe reported that all of the patronesses of the event wore Venetian costumes from the time of Paolo Veronese. Bunker also attended the event dressed as a troubadour carrying a lute. A year later Bunker recalled Isabella in her regal attire, writing to her "I often think of you in Venetian state... do you wear your red and gold dress I wonder—or do your hair à la Tintoretto?" Isabella collected 6 other paintings and drawings by Bunker before he died tragically early at the age of 29.
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Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID13904
Source ID2749
