Object details
Accession number
P26s3
Primary Creator
Bonifazio de' Pitati
(Verona, 1487 - 1553, Venice)
Full title
The Story of Antiochus and Stratonica
Creation Date
1545-1555
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice on 21 October 1892 for 5000 lire (as a pair with P26n5).
Dimensions
181 x 160 cm (71 1/4 x 63 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. 20. (as "Picture")
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 54. (as The Consultation)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 216. (as The Consultation)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 31. (as an unknown scene with Woman in a Bed)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 32. (as The Magnanimity of Antigonus)
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 Unpublished manuscript.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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