Object details
Accession number
P6s5
Primary Creator
Joseph Lindon Smith
(Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1863 - 1950, Dublin, New Hampshire)
Full title
Adam and Eve, Doge's Palace, Venice
Creation Date
about 1894
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) in Venice for $15 on 19 September 1894.
Marks
Inscribed in watercolor (verso): Ducal Palace
Dimensions
9.8 x 3.5 cm (3 7/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Watercolor on paper
Dimension Notes
Frame: 20 x 7.6 cm (7 7/8 x 3 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
Spanish Chapel
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 345. (as after a 15th century sculptural element of the Palazzo Ducale, Venice)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 241, 243, ill.
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