The Virgin of Humility, with a Donor
painterStyle of
Gentile da Fabriano
(Fabriano, about 1370 - 1427, Rome)
Dateabout 1425-1475
Place MadeMarches, Italy, Europe
MediumGold and tempera on poplar panel
Dimensions100 x 58 cm (39 3/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP15w5
eMuseum ID718723
EmbARK ObjectID10797
TMS Source ID65
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.
BibliographyNotesHelen Comstock. "Umbrian Paintings in American Collections." International Studio 86, no. 356 (Jan. 1927), pp. 21-30, 90. ill. (as by an unknown Umbrian of the 15th century)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 151-52. (as influenced by Gentile da Fabriano)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 104. (as follower of Gentile da Fabriano)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 45 (5 Jul. 1964), p. 2.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), p. 79. (as follower of Gentile da Fabriano)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 96. (as style of Gentile da Fabriano)
Keith Christiansen. Gentile da Fabriano (Ithaca, 1982), p. 166, no. 22, pl. 78. (as follower of Gentile da Fabriano, probably Paduan-Veronese rather than Venetian or Marchigan)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 151-52. (as influenced by Gentile da Fabriano)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 104. (as follower of Gentile da Fabriano)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 45 (5 Jul. 1964), p. 2.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), p. 79. (as follower of Gentile da Fabriano)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 96. (as style of Gentile da Fabriano)
Keith Christiansen. Gentile da Fabriano (Ithaca, 1982), p. 166, no. 22, pl. 78. (as follower of Gentile da Fabriano, probably Paduan-Veronese rather than Venetian or Marchigan)
MarksNotesInscribed (on both haloes and throughout the border of the Virgin's robe): AVE MARIA PLENA DOMIN... [the first words of Ave Maria]
Inscribed (lower center): a coat of arms, perhaps superimposed on an earlier coat of arms, of which the red outline remains discernible
Label (on verso): Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, loaned by Joseph Lindon Smith in 1909, loan 203.09, Venetian
Inscribed (lower center): a coat of arms, perhaps superimposed on an earlier coat of arms, of which the red outline remains discernible
Label (on verso): Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, loaned by Joseph Lindon Smith in 1909, loan 203.09, Venetian
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863–1950) by 1909.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950), after 1909.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950), after 1909.
