Object details

Object number

ARC.009224

Creator(s)

• Unknown - photographer
• Bernard Berenson (Butrimonys, Lithuania, 1865 - 1959, Florence) - subject

Title

Bernard Berenson, Villa I Tatti, Fiesole, Italy

Date

1903

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Language

English

Dimensions

16.8 x 11.3 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in ink in Siabella Stewart Gardner's hand (recto, lower): The Ramus / 1904 [?]
Inscribed in pencil (verso, upper): iii 241 / 1899 / m1 / 80% / The Ramus / B. Berenson / 16 - 140 / 82 / 90 / 140 / 4

Provenance

Sent by art historian Bernard Berenson (1865 - 1959) to Isabella Stewart Gardner around 1904.

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

Carl Brandon Strehlke and Machtelt Brüggen Israëls. The Bernard and Mary Berenson Collection of European Paintings at I Tatti (Florence: Vila I Tatti-The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, 2015), p. 23. (dated to 1903)
Rachel Cohen, "Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner: An Unlikely and Resonant Collaboration," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 29 April 2025, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/bernard-berenson 

Gallery

Blue Room

Case

Berenson Case

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