Object details
Accession number
P11n3
Primary Creator
Raffaele Mainella
(Naples, 1856 - 1941)
Full title
The Dead Lion
Creation Date
about 1890-1895
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Inscribed (lower left): R. Mainella
Dimensions
16 x 32 cm (6 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Display Media
Watercolor on paper
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
Macknight Room
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.
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