Object details

Object number

P3w13

Creator(s)

Antonio Mancini (Albano Laziale, 1852 - 1930, Rome)

Title

The Little Groom

Date

before 1895

Medium

Pastel and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions

48 x 31 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

Additional Dimensions

Frame: 63.8 x 47.6 cm (25 1/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed (bottom): C A Mancini.

Provenance

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Pierangeli Nicola, the doorkeeper to the Marquis Giorgio Capranica del Grillo (1849-1922), Rome for 400 lire on 8 April 1895.

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

Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 1. (as "Water Colour")
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), p. 151.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 221.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 32.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 26 (24 Feb. 1963), p. 2.
Dario Cecchi. Antonio Mancini (Turin, 1966), p. 155, n2.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 148.
Manuel Carrera. "Antonio Mancini in Inghilterra. Il rapporto con John Singer Sargent." Storia dell'Arte 133, no. 33 (2012), p. 155.

Gallery

Blue Room

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