Object details
Object number
ARC.Marr.2072.a
Creator(s)
Thomas E. Marr
(Nova Scotia, 1849 - 1910, Boston)
Title
Andrea Mantegna's 'Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Six Female Saints'
Date
about 1899
Medium
Glass plate negative
Provenance
Commissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Boston photographic firm, Thomas E. Marr and Son around 1899.
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed (lower right): T.E. Marr (c)
Stamped (lower right): 35
Inscribed (lower left): 2072
Commentary
Isabella worked with the Boston photographic firm Thomas E. Marr & Son, comprised of Thomas and his son Arthur, to document her collection. This photograph was probably taken shortly after Isabella purchased the painting, The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Six Female Saints (P15s5), by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) in 1899. It hangs in the museum's Early Italian Room.
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