Object details
Object number
P11n3
Creator(s)
Raffaele Mainella
(Naples, 1856 - 1941)
Title
The Dead Lion
Date
about 1890-1895
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
16 x 32 cm (6 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (lower left): R. Mainella
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
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
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 218.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 68.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 148, ill.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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