"Portrait of a Young Gentleman before a Landscape"
photographer
Unknown
artist
Unknown
Datebefore 7 January 1901
Place MadeTuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumCollodion print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.010429
eMuseum ID795490
Previous NumberARC.006932
TMS Source ID28905
Last Updated10/26/24
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. 243-244.
Rollin van N. Hadley. "What Might Have Been: Pictures Mrs. Gardner Did Not Acquire." Fenway Court (1979), p. 46, no. 43.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (upper): #43 original photo sent to ISG / Portrait of a Youth, Boltraffio
Inscribed in ink (lower right): Boltraffio
Inscribed in ink (lower right): Boltraffio
ProvenanceNotesSent by American art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 7 January 1901 for consideration for purchase. (as attributed to Boltraffio, currently attributed to an unidentified painter active in Lombardy, Italy)
Unknown
late 19th century - early 20th century
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