Venice: San Francesco del Deserto
painter
Ralph Wormeley Curtis
(American, 1854 - 1922)
Date1886
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumWatercolor and gouache on paper
Dimensions15.9 x 31.8 cm (6 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP33e5
eMuseum ID724642
EmbARK ObjectID13908
TMS Source ID2753
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.
MarksNotesInscribed (lower left corner): "Souvenir of/ San Francisco nel Deserto/ and of your friend Ralph Curtis/ 86"
Printed label adherred to the back of the frame: J. Eastman Chase / Paintings / Etchings and / Frames No / 7 Hamilton / Place / Boston
Printed label adherred to the back of the frame: J. Eastman Chase / Paintings / Etchings and / Frames No / 7 Hamilton / Place / Boston
ProvenanceNotesGift from Ralph Wormeley Curtis to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1886.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
9 August 1890
