Object details
Object number
P12w16
Creator(s)
Italian, Lombardy
Title
Mater Dolorosa (Mourning Virgin)
Date
1425-1475
Medium
Fresco and tempera (?) on lime plaster transferred to linen
Dimensions
59.5 x 41.8 cm (23 7/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Antonio Carrer, Venice on 25 September 1897 for 120 lire.
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. 200. (dated 1400-1500)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 79. (dated 1400-1500)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), p. 231.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 137. (dated 1425-1475)
Gallery
East, North, And West Cloister
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