Object details
Object number
P15n13
Creator(s)
Alesso di BenozzoAlesso di Benozzo
(Florence, 1473 - 1528)
Title
The Crucifixion
Date
about 1500
Medium
Tempera on panel
Dimensions
18 x 12 1/2 in. (45.7 x 31.8 cm)
Additional Dimensions
Frame: 67.9 x 46 cm (26 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed on rectangular label (verso): 1395
Inscribed on oval label (verso): no 6431 / gg
Inscribed on rectangular label (verso): no 1315h (sic) / no
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Antonio Grandi, Milan for 1500 lire on 14 September 1906. (as Florentine)
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, 1920), p. 5. (as Matteo da Gualdo Tadino)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 216-17. (as Il Maestro Esiguo)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 94. (as Il Maestro Esiguo)
Bernard Berenson. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works, with an Index of Places. Florentine School 1 (London, 1963), p. 2. (as Alunno di Benozzo)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Frederico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), p. 128. (as the Master Esiguo)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 174. (as Il Maestro Esiguo)
Gallery
Early Italian Room
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