A Gondolier
artist
Vittore Carpaccio
(Venice, about 1460 - about 1526, Venice)
Dateabout 1514-1520
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumInk with opaque watercolor over black chalk on blue paper
Dimensions25.6 x 14.9 cm (10 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP17n3
eMuseum ID721712
Previous NumberP17n3.2
Other NumberP17n5
EmbARK ObjectID10771
TMS Source ID41
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.
BibliographyNotesChristie, Manson and Woods. Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters formed by a Well-known Amateur during the last Forty Years (London, 12-14 May 1902), p. 10, lot 68. (as Vittore Carpaccio, Study for figure in one of the pictures in the Accademia at Venice)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 84-85. (as Vittore Carpaccio)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 124.(as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Sylvia Sprigge. Berenson, a Biography (Boston, 1960), pp. 183-85.
J. Lauts. Carpaccio: Paintings and Drawings (London, 1962), pp. 250, 265, no. 78, 4. (as Vittore Carpaccio, recto about 1494, verso about 1510)
Terisio Pignatti. Review of Jan Lauts: Carpaccio. Paintings and Drawings. Master Drawings. Vol. 1, no. 4 (Winter, 1963), pp. 47-54. (as Benedetto Carpaccio)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 40 (31 May 1964), p. 2. (as Vittore Carpaccio)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 37 (15 May 1966), p. 2. (excerpting Sylvia Sprigge, pp. 183-85)
Guido Perocco. L'opera completa del Carpaccio (Milan, 1967), pp. 92-93, ill. (as Vittore Carpaccio)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1968), pp. 3-6, no.2-3. (as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Terisio Pignatti. Vittore Carpaccio (Milan, 1972), pp. 12, 23-254, no. 31. (as Carpaccio?, about 1510-1515)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 50-51. (as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Hilliard Goldfarb. Imaging the Self in Renaissance Italy. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum III. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), p. 8. (as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Workshop of Vittore Carpaccio, about 1514-1520)
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), pp. 115-16, fig. 89. (as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Rosella Mamoli Zorzi. Carpatcher or Carpaccio? Carpaccio and 19th Century Anglo-American Writers in Venice (Venice, 2023), p.44, fig. 18. (as attributed to Vittore Carpaccio)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 84-85. (as Vittore Carpaccio)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 124.(as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Sylvia Sprigge. Berenson, a Biography (Boston, 1960), pp. 183-85.
J. Lauts. Carpaccio: Paintings and Drawings (London, 1962), pp. 250, 265, no. 78, 4. (as Vittore Carpaccio, recto about 1494, verso about 1510)
Terisio Pignatti. Review of Jan Lauts: Carpaccio. Paintings and Drawings. Master Drawings. Vol. 1, no. 4 (Winter, 1963), pp. 47-54. (as Benedetto Carpaccio)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 40 (31 May 1964), p. 2. (as Vittore Carpaccio)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 37 (15 May 1966), p. 2. (excerpting Sylvia Sprigge, pp. 183-85)
Guido Perocco. L'opera completa del Carpaccio (Milan, 1967), pp. 92-93, ill. (as Vittore Carpaccio)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1968), pp. 3-6, no.2-3. (as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Terisio Pignatti. Vittore Carpaccio (Milan, 1972), pp. 12, 23-254, no. 31. (as Carpaccio?, about 1510-1515)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 50-51. (as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Hilliard Goldfarb. Imaging the Self in Renaissance Italy. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum III. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), p. 8. (as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Workshop of Vittore Carpaccio, about 1514-1520)
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), pp. 115-16, fig. 89. (as Vittore Carpaccio, about 1494)
Rosella Mamoli Zorzi. Carpatcher or Carpaccio? Carpaccio and 19th Century Anglo-American Writers in Venice (Venice, 2023), p.44, fig. 18. (as attributed to Vittore Carpaccio)
MarksNotesInscribed in pen and brown ink (verso lower left): del Carpazi [old inscription in Venetian dialect]
Inscribed in blue ink (verso lower center): a cross
Inscribed in ink (on accompanying slip of paper): Carpaccio / Youth drawing a / sword / B. Berenson
Inscribed in blue ink (verso lower center): a cross
Inscribed in ink (on accompanying slip of paper): Carpaccio / Youth drawing a / sword / B. Berenson
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the Marlborough Library.
Collection of Sir John Charles Robinson (1824–1913), museum curator, collector, and connoisseur, London.
Purchased by the art dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1901-2.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from Christie's, London on 13 May 1902 for £300 through Thomas Agnew & Sons (Robinson sale, lot 68).
Collection of Sir John Charles Robinson (1824–1913), museum curator, collector, and connoisseur, London.
Purchased by the art dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1901-2.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from Christie's, London on 13 May 1902 for £300 through Thomas Agnew & Sons (Robinson sale, lot 68).
