Object details
Accession number
P30e2
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
The Virgin and Child
Creation Date
1425-1475
Provenance
Probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice for 800 lire on 2 September 1897. (as the work of the Italian painter Jacobello del Fiore, active about 1400-1439)
Marks
Inscribed (on the hem of the Virgin's robe): AVE MARIA GRATIA PLE[NA] (over her head) / FIDELIA (over her wrist) (portions of the Ave Maria or Hail Mary prayer with decorative lettering interspersed)
Dimensions
60 x 41 cm (23 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Display Media
Tempera and gold on hardwood panel
Dimension Notes
Frame: 67 x 47 cm (26 3/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
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
Gothic Room
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 191-92, ill. (as Italian, 1450-1500; as "peasant craftmanship," with the influence of a Venetian painter)
George Martin Richter. Review of Philip Hendy, Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, vol. 61 (1932), p. 239. (as connected with Gentile Bellini)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 262. (as Italian, probably Venice or Padua, 2nd half of the 15th century)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 224. (as Italian, 15th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 173-74, ill. (as Venetian, 1425-1475; style of Giambono)
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