Alesso di Benozzo - An Angel Catching the Blood of the Redeemer, 1425-1475

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Alesso di Benozzo (Florence, 1473 - 1528)

An Angel Catching the Blood of the Redeemer, 1425-1475

Fresco and tempera on lime plaster transferred to linen, 57.8 x 40 cm (22 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.) overall

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Accession number

P12w17

Provenance

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Antonio Carrer, Venice on 25 September 1897 for 120 lire.

Bibliography

Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 201. (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. 138. (dated 1425-1475)

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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.

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