Miniature of Joseph Dwernicki
painter
M. Becich
(active France, mid 19th century)
Date1833
Place MadeEurope
MediumOil
Dimensions7.5 x 5.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP18s25
eMuseum ID725473
Previous Number558
EmbARK ObjectID14289
TMS Source ID3098
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.
BibliographyNotesLoan Collection of Portraits for the Benefit of the Associated Charities and the North End Union. Exh. Cat. (Copley Hall, Boston. 2-23 March 1896), p. 51 no. 58 (as Jean Baptiste Isabey, a portrait of Poniatowski).
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 148. [as by Isabey, a portrait of Prince Joseph Anton Poniatowski (1763-1813)]
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 29 (21 Mar. 1965), p. 2. (as a portrait of Poniatowski).
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 1 (5 Sep. 1965), p. 2. (as a portrait of Poniatowski).
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 148. [as by Isabey, a portrait of Prince Joseph Anton Poniatowski (1763-1813)]
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 29 (21 Mar. 1965), p. 2. (as a portrait of Poniatowski).
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 1 (5 Sep. 1965), p. 2. (as a portrait of Poniatowski).
MarksNotesSigned and dated (right edge): M. Becich 1833
Inscribed on label (upper right corner): 1509
Inscribed on label (upper right corner): 1509
ProvenanceNotesPossibly in the collection of the Marquis de Girardin, grandson of the Duc de Gaeta, Minister of Finance under Napoleon I.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the jeweler Shreve, Crump & Low Co., Boston on 20 October 1891 for $75.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the jeweler Shreve, Crump & Low Co., Boston on 20 October 1891 for $75.
