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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Adoration of the Statue of Nebuchadnezzar
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Adoration of the Statue of Nebuchadnezzar

painter
Date1525-1550
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumOil on pine panel
Dimensions115 x 134 cm (45 1/4 x 52 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP16w10
eMuseum ID726287
EmbARK ObjectID11743
TMS Source ID919
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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. 12. (as "Italian Picture, painter unknown")
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1915), p. 12. (as Vetrullo? according to Bernard Berenson)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 400-01. (as Venetian?, 1530-1600)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 105. (as Pietro della Vecchia)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 246. (as Venetian, 16th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 278. (as Venetian?, 1525-75?)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Venetian, probably 1525-1550)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Vincenzo Favenza, Venice on 10 November 1892 for 300 lire. (as Pietro della Vecchia, about 1650)
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Michele Giambono
1420-1452
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Bartolomé Bermejo
about 1474
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Liberale da Verona
late 15th century - early 16th century
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Joseph Lindon Smith
late 19th century
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Unknown
18th century - 19th century
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
18th century - 19th century
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
19th century
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Unknown
about 1850-1897
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Unknown
1450-1550
(c) 2015 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Martin Schongauer
mid 16th century