Object details
Accession number
P30e8
Primary Creator
Italian, Northern Italy
Full title
The Virgin and Child with an Apple
Creation Date
1430-1480
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice for 40 lire on 2 September 1897.
Dimensions
51 x 27 cm (20 1/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Display Media
Tempera on panel
Dimension Notes
Frame: 54.6 x 39.7 cm (21 1/2 x 15 5/8 in.)
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Gothic Room
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 191. (as Italian, 1400-1500)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 262. (as Italian, 15th century)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 224. (as Italian, 15th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 173-74, ill. (as North Italian, 1430-1480)
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