Michelangelo di Pietro Membrini's "Madonna and Child with a Male Saint, Catherine of Alexandria, and a Donor"
photographer
Unknown
artist
Michelangelo di Pietro Membrini
(Italian, active 1489 - 1521)
Datebefore 4 December 1899
Place MadeTuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumAlbumen print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.010426
eMuseum ID795419
Previous NumberARC.006932
TMS Source ID28902
Last Updated10/19/24
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.
BibliographyNotes
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 2016), pp. 196-197.
Rollin van N. Hadley. "What Might Have Been: Pictures Mrs. Gardner Did Not Acquire." Fenway Court (1979), p. 46, no. 37.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (verso, upper left): #37 original photo sent to ISG by BB / Master of Lathrop Tondo, Madonna and Child with SS. Jerome, Catherine and Donor [Now titled Madonna and Child with a Male Saint, Catherine of Alexandria and a Donor]
ProvenanceNotesSent by American art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 4 December 1899 for consideration for purchase.
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