The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels
painter
Bartolommeo Bulgarini
(active Siena, by 1337 - died 1378, Siena)
Date1355-1360
Place MadeSiena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumGold and tempera on panel
Dimensions65 x 46 x 10.5 cm (25 9/16 x 18 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP15n8
eMuseum ID718665
EmbARK ObjectID10794
TMS Source ID62
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1914), p. 6. (as Pietro Lorenzetti)
Bernard Berenson. Essays in the Study of Sienese Painting (New York, 1918), pp. 26-28, fig. 12. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti" a name made by Berenson to indicate an unidentified painter who was a follower of Ugolino da Siena and Pietro Lorenzetti)
Ernest T. DeWald. "Master of the Ovile Madonna." Art Studies, I (1923), pp. 45-54.
Raimond van Marle. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, II (The Hague, 1924), pp. 117, 120, fig. 77. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti")
Philip Hendy. "Ugolino Lorenzetti." Burlington Magazine 55, no. 320 (Nov., 1929), pp. 232, 234-35, 237-38. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti")
Millard Meiss. "Ugolino Lorenzetti." Art Bulletin 13, no. 3 (Sept., 1931), pp. 376-97.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 206-208. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 96. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti")
Millard Meiss. “Bartolommeo Bulgarini altrimenti detto ‘Ugolino Lorenzetti?’” Rivista d’arte 18 (1936), pp. 113-136. (identifies "Ugolino Lorenzetti" as Bartolommeo Bulgarini)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), p. 133. (as Master of the Ovile Madonna)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 50-51, ill. (as Bartolommeo Bulgarini)
Judith de Botton. "Notes sur Bartolomeo Bulgarini." Revue de l'art 48 (1980), pp. 26-29. (as Bartolomeo Bulgarini, first to identify the two wings of this tabernacle as Philadelphia Museum of Art, John G. Johnson Collection, museum no. 92)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), p. 491.
Carl Brandon Strehlke. Italian Paintings 1250-1450 in the John G. Johnson Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, 2004), pp. 84-90, under no. 15, figs. 15.5, 15.6. (as Bartolomeo Bulgarini, dated about 1355-1360)
Marianne Lonjon. "Deux nouveaux panneaux siennois primitifs." Arte Cristiana 845, no. 96 (March-April 2008), pp.125-136, figs. 4, 5.
Bernard Berenson. Essays in the Study of Sienese Painting (New York, 1918), pp. 26-28, fig. 12. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti" a name made by Berenson to indicate an unidentified painter who was a follower of Ugolino da Siena and Pietro Lorenzetti)
Ernest T. DeWald. "Master of the Ovile Madonna." Art Studies, I (1923), pp. 45-54.
Raimond van Marle. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, II (The Hague, 1924), pp. 117, 120, fig. 77. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti")
Philip Hendy. "Ugolino Lorenzetti." Burlington Magazine 55, no. 320 (Nov., 1929), pp. 232, 234-35, 237-38. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti")
Millard Meiss. "Ugolino Lorenzetti." Art Bulletin 13, no. 3 (Sept., 1931), pp. 376-97.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 206-208. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 96. (as "Ugolino Lorenzetti")
Millard Meiss. “Bartolommeo Bulgarini altrimenti detto ‘Ugolino Lorenzetti?’” Rivista d’arte 18 (1936), pp. 113-136. (identifies "Ugolino Lorenzetti" as Bartolommeo Bulgarini)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), p. 133. (as Master of the Ovile Madonna)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 50-51, ill. (as Bartolommeo Bulgarini)
Judith de Botton. "Notes sur Bartolomeo Bulgarini." Revue de l'art 48 (1980), pp. 26-29. (as Bartolomeo Bulgarini, first to identify the two wings of this tabernacle as Philadelphia Museum of Art, John G. Johnson Collection, museum no. 92)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), p. 491.
Carl Brandon Strehlke. Italian Paintings 1250-1450 in the John G. Johnson Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, 2004), pp. 84-90, under no. 15, figs. 15.5, 15.6. (as Bartolomeo Bulgarini, dated about 1355-1360)
Marianne Lonjon. "Deux nouveaux panneaux siennois primitifs." Arte Cristiana 845, no. 96 (March-April 2008), pp.125-136, figs. 4, 5.
MarksNotesInscribed (on the Redeemer's book): EGO SUM LUX MUN DI Q UI C RED [derived from John 8:12: I am the light of the world: he that believes [or followeth] me...]
Inscribed (on the scroll of Saint John): ECCE. AGNUS. DEI. EC(CE) [John 1:29: Behold the Lamb of God, behold]
Inscribed (below the Evangelist): the saint's name in abbreviated Latin
Inscribed (below the Baptist): the saint's name in abbreviated Latin
Inscribed (on the scroll of Saint John): ECCE. AGNUS. DEI. EC(CE) [John 1:29: Behold the Lamb of God, behold]
Inscribed (below the Evangelist): the saint's name in abbreviated Latin
Inscribed (below the Baptist): the saint's name in abbreviated Latin
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Samuel Gray Ward (1817-1907), American poet and author, in Italy about 1873.
By inheritance to his granddaughter Mrs. Charles Bruen Perkins (Elizabeth Howard Ward, 1873-1954).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Mrs. Charles Bruen Perkins, New York on 27 July 1911 for $1700. (as Pietro Lorenzetti)
By inheritance to his granddaughter Mrs. Charles Bruen Perkins (Elizabeth Howard Ward, 1873-1954).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Mrs. Charles Bruen Perkins, New York on 27 July 1911 for $1700. (as Pietro Lorenzetti)
Andrea Mantegna
about 1497-1500
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