Object details
Object number
P15w20
Creator(s)
Italian, Milan
Title
Three Women
Date
15th century
Medium
Tempera on panel
Dimensions
panel: 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (21 x 13 cm)
Additional Dimensions
Frame: 31.8 x 24.8 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (on the panel, verso, in pencil): Lo ritengo di Marco Zoppo / A. Carrer (I believe it is Marco Zoppo [Italian painter, 1433-1498])
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer A. Clerle, Venice for about 80 lire on 28 September 1897. (as Marco Zoppo?)
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, 1914 or later), p. 7. (as by Bramantino)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 241. (as Milanese (?), 15th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 101. (as probably Milanese, 15th century)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 246. (as Venice, 15th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 164, ill. (as Milanese (?), 15th century)
Gallery
Early Italian Room
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