Object details
Accession number
P26n5
Primary Creator
Bonifazio de' Pitati
(Verona, 1487 - 1553, Venice)
Full title
The Continence of Scipio
Creation Date
1540-1549
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice on 21 October 1892 for 5000 lire (as a pair with P26s3).
Dimensions
180.6 x 173.8 cm (71 1/8 x 68 7/16 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
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 3, no. 12.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 22. (as Alexander and Wife of Darius)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 53-54. (as The Wife of Darius Before Alexander)
Dorthee Westphal. Bonifazio Veronese: Bonifazio dei Pitati (Munich, 1931), p. 83, no. 1.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 227. (as The Wife of Darius Before Alexander)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 31. (as The Wife of Darius Before Alexander)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 30-32. (as The Continence of Scipio)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
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