The Nativity
painter
Liberale da Verona
(Verona, about 1445 - about 1526, Verona)
Datelate 15th century - early 16th century
Place MadeVerona, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumOil emulsion on pine panel
Dimensions41 x 53 cm (16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP26s8
eMuseum ID718577
EmbARK ObjectID10803
TMS Source ID70
Last Updated11/14/24
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, 1903), p. 20. (as Liberale da Verona)
Bernard Berenson. The North Italian Painters of the Renaissance (New York, 1907), p. 244 (as Liberale da Verona)
Adolfo Venturi. Storia dell'arte Italiana VII. La Pittura del Quattrocento, parte IV (Milan, 1915), p. 798. (as Liberale da Verona)
Giuseppe Fiocco (ed.). Vita di Fra Giacondo e d'altri veronesi. Vite dei piu eccellenti pittori, scultori e architettori scritte da Giorgio Vasari (Milan, 1915), p. 69.
Fogg Art Museum. Collection of Mediaeval and Renaissance Paintings (with Ephemera) (Cambridge, 1919), p. 187.
Raffaello Brenzoni in Thieme-Becker. Künstler-Lexikon, vol. 23 (Leipzig, 1929), p. 184.
Raffaello Brenzoni. Liberale da Verona (Milan, 1930), p. 65. (as Liberale da Verona)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 198-99. (as Liberale da Verona)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 215-16. (as Liberale da Verona)
Carlo del Bravo. Liberale da Verona (Florence, 1967), p. 136, pl. 137. (as Liberale da Verona, as dated end of the fifteenth century)
Bernard Berenson. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: A List of Principal Artists...Italian and North Italian Schools (London, 1968), p. 210. (as Liberale da Verona)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), pp. 104, 563. (as Liberale da Verona)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Musem (Boston, 1974), pp. 134-36. (as Liberale da Verona)
Alan Chong. "Artistic Life in Venice" in 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. 122, 128, no. 152.
Bernard Berenson. The North Italian Painters of the Renaissance (New York, 1907), p. 244 (as Liberale da Verona)
Adolfo Venturi. Storia dell'arte Italiana VII. La Pittura del Quattrocento, parte IV (Milan, 1915), p. 798. (as Liberale da Verona)
Giuseppe Fiocco (ed.). Vita di Fra Giacondo e d'altri veronesi. Vite dei piu eccellenti pittori, scultori e architettori scritte da Giorgio Vasari (Milan, 1915), p. 69.
Fogg Art Museum. Collection of Mediaeval and Renaissance Paintings (with Ephemera) (Cambridge, 1919), p. 187.
Raffaello Brenzoni in Thieme-Becker. Künstler-Lexikon, vol. 23 (Leipzig, 1929), p. 184.
Raffaello Brenzoni. Liberale da Verona (Milan, 1930), p. 65. (as Liberale da Verona)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 198-99. (as Liberale da Verona)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 215-16. (as Liberale da Verona)
Carlo del Bravo. Liberale da Verona (Florence, 1967), p. 136, pl. 137. (as Liberale da Verona, as dated end of the fifteenth century)
Bernard Berenson. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: A List of Principal Artists...Italian and North Italian Schools (London, 1968), p. 210. (as Liberale da Verona)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), pp. 104, 563. (as Liberale da Verona)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Musem (Boston, 1974), pp. 134-36. (as Liberale da Verona)
Alan Chong. "Artistic Life in Venice" in 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. 122, 128, no. 152.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Antonio Carrer, Venice for 800 lire on 28 September 1897, possibly with the American art historian Bernard Berenson. (as unattributed)
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