"Alberto Aringhieri, Knight of Malta"
photographer
Unknown
painter
Unknown
DateBefore 1 June 1899
Place MadeTuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumCollodion print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.010428
eMuseum ID795390
Previous NumberARC.006932
TMS Source ID28904
Last Updated10/12/24
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. 178-179, 184-185.
Rollin van N. Hadley. "What Might Have Been: Pictures Mrs. Gardner Did Not Acquire." Fenway Court (1979), p. 45, no. 32.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (top center): Archival Photo sent to ISG by BB / Benvenuto di Giovanni, / Alberto Aringhieri, Knight of Malta
Inscribed in ink in Berenson's hand (lower center): Alberto Aringhieri as young knight of / Malta. Tempera on wood by Ben- / venuto di di Giovanni. This was / copied in fresco by Pintoricchio in / the chapel of St. John in the / Cathedral of Siena. / H.47 cm W. 43 cm.
Inscribed in ink in Berenson's hand (lower center): Alberto Aringhieri as young knight of / Malta. Tempera on wood by Ben- / venuto di di Giovanni. This was / copied in fresco by Pintoricchio in / the chapel of St. John in the / Cathedral of Siena. / H.47 cm W. 43 cm.
ProvenanceNotesSent by American art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 1 June 1899 for consideration for purchase.
Unknown
late 19th century - early 20th century
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