A Boy in a Scarlet Cap
painter
Lorenzo di Credi
(Florence, about 1456 - 1536, Florence)
Date1468-1531
Place MadeFlorence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumOil on poplar panel
Dimensions46.5 x 34.5 cm (18 5/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP15e11
eMuseum ID730567
EmbARK ObjectID11716
TMS Source ID899
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.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 108-110.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Frederico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 110.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 64.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 508-509.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Frederico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 110.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 64.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 508-509.
MarksNotesRed wax seal (verso) with an impression of a coat of arms probably of the Counts Negroni of Rome.
ProvenanceNotesPossibly with Counts Negroni, Rome in the 19th century. See the wax seal on the verso.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Thomas Sulley and Co., London on 4 January 1914 for $24,262 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Thomas Sulley and Co., London on 4 January 1914 for $24,262 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian.
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