Object details
Accession number
P3w13
Primary Creator
Antonio Mancini
(Albano Laziale, 1852 - 1930, Rome)
Full title
The Little Groom
Creation Date
before 1895
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.
Marks
Inscribed (bottom): C A Mancini.
Dimensions
48 x 31 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Display Media
Pastel and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimension Notes
Frame: 63.8 x 47.6 cm (25 1/8 x 18 3/4 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
Blue Room
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.
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