Four People and a Performing Dog
artist
Romanino
(Brescia, about 1484 - after 1562)
Date1527-1532
Place MadeBrescia, Lombardy, Italy, Europe
MediumRed chalk on antique laid paper
Dimensions18.1 x 16.5 cm (7 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number1.1.o.5
eMuseum ID721729
Previous NumberP17e49
EmbARK ObjectID10778
Original Number1.1.o.5
TMS Source ID47
Last Updated10/3/24
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. 18, lot 149. (as Giorgione)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 299. (as Girolamo Romanino)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 129.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 47 (21 Jul. 1963), p. 2.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 20-22, no. 9. (dated 1531-1532)
Hilliard Goldfarb. Italian Renaissance Drawings, Medals, and Books. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum I. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1991), p. 10. (dated 1530-1532)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (dated 1527-1532)
Lia Camerlengo et al. Romanino: Un pittore in rivolta nel Rinascimento italiano. Exh. cat. (Trento: Castello del Buonconsiglio, monumenti e collezioni provinciali, 2006), pp. 333-34, no. 66. (as Romanino, Four People and Performing Dog)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 299. (as Girolamo Romanino)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 129.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 47 (21 Jul. 1963), p. 2.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 20-22, no. 9. (dated 1531-1532)
Hilliard Goldfarb. Italian Renaissance Drawings, Medals, and Books. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum I. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1991), p. 10. (dated 1530-1532)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (dated 1527-1532)
Lia Camerlengo et al. Romanino: Un pittore in rivolta nel Rinascimento italiano. Exh. cat. (Trento: Castello del Buonconsiglio, monumenti e collezioni provinciali, 2006), pp. 333-34, no. 66. (as Romanino, Four People and Performing Dog)
MarksNotesStamped in black ink (lower left center): J.C.R. [collector's mark of Sir John Charles Robinson, Lugt 1433]
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): Giorgione
Stamped in blue ink : ISG [in an oval, collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed in brown ink over pencil, script (on verso of the top of the mounting paper): F [resembling: 7]_ D_.
Inscribed in brown ink, script (preserved from verso of original frame,on paper): Romanino - Four figures, one playing a viola. B. Berenson.
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): Giorgione
Stamped in blue ink : ISG [in an oval, collector's mark of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed in brown ink over pencil, script (on verso of the top of the mounting paper): F [resembling: 7]_ D_.
Inscribed in brown ink, script (preserved from verso of original frame,on paper): Romanino - Four figures, one playing a viola. B. Berenson.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from the sale of Sir John Charles Robinson's collection at Christie, Manson and Woods, London on 13 May 1902 for £28 through Thomas Agnew & Sons, lot 159.
