Object details
Object number
P26w3
Creator(s)
Italian
Title
Venus Wounded by a Rose Thorn
Date
1500-1550
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
97.7 x 71.8 cm (38 7/16 x 28 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Possibly in the collection of Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Paris (d. 1839).
Possibly in the collection of Al. Massori, Rome.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Gagliardi, Florence, December 1897 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian. (as Correggio)
Commentary
Isabella 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.
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 20. (as Correggio)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 104. (as influenced by Correggio)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 213. (as follower of Correggio)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 56. (as manner of Correggio)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 197. (as derived from Raphael)
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp.103-5, 107, 112, 203, 206, 414.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as after the engraving of Marco Dente da Ravenna and derived from the decoration by the Studio of Raphael for the Stufetta of Cardinal Bibbiena)
Gallery
Titian Room
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