Object details
Object number
P1s4
Creator(s)
Title
Mrs. Gardner at Fenway Court
Date
1903
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
45.1 x 30.5 cm (17 3/4 x 12 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (verso): J. S. Sargent / Fenway Court / 1903
Provenance
Presumably a gift from John Singer Sargent to Isabella Stewart Gardner in April of 1903 when the artist was staying in the Macknight Room of the museum.
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
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 19.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 228-29.
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 20, fig. 8.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), p.2, ill.
Gallery
Yellow Room
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