Object details
Object number
P17e40
Creator(s)
Giuseppe Zais
(Forno di Canale [now Canale d’Agord], 1709 - 1781, Treviso)
Title
By the Stream
Date
1730-1781
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
55.9 x 72.3 cm (22 x 28 7/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Circular red wax seal (top edge of stretcher) with the impression of a crown hovering over a shield. Around the edge of the seal are a series of unreadable letters.
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
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), pp. 192-93. (as Italian)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 294-95, ill. (as Giuseppe Zais)
Gallery
Short Gallery
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