Object details
Accession number
P26w10
Primary Creator
Jacopo Tintoretto
(Venice, 1519 - 1594, Venice)
Full title
Zacharias Vendramin
Creation Date
late 16th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner on 3 February 1896 for £500 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian. (as Tintoretto)
Dimensions
113 x 96 cm (44 1/2 x 37 13/16 in.)
Display Media
Oil on canvas
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
Titian Room
Bibliography
Bernard Berenson. The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance, 3rd ed. (New York, 1894), p.135. (as Jacopo Tintoretto, portrait of a senator)
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 3, no. 3. (as Jacopo Tintoretto, portrait of a Venetian senator)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 19. (as Jacopo Tintoretto, portrait of a Venetian senator)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 366. (as influenced by Jacopo Tintoretto, portrait of a Venetian senator)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 212. (as follower of Jacopo Tintoretto, portrait of Zacharias Vendramin)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 253-55. (as studio of Jacopo Tintoretto, portrait of Zacharias Vendramin)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 168-69, no. 126.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 48, 50.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as follower of Jacopo Tintoretto, portrait of Zacharias Vendramin, late 16th century or after)
Cynthia Saltzman. Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures (New York: Penguin Books, 2008), pp. 58, 72.
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