Object details
Object number
P27e25
Creator(s)
Joseph Lindon Smith
(Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1863 - 1950, Dublin, New Hampshire)
Title
The Adoration of Kings
Date
late 19th century
Medium
Oil on paper
Dimensions
23 x 44 cm (9 1/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Printed and inscribed label (affixed to the back): Improved Sketch Block. / This block contains 24 sheets of 12 x 18 Ex. Heavy Lalanne Ch' cl. Paper,.... / Manufactured expressedly for the Boston Art Schools,....
Provenance
Probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950), Venice in 1894.
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
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 345.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 245.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 241-42, ill. (by 1894)
Gallery
Long Gallery
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