Object details
Object number
P16w10
Creator(s)
Italian, Venice
Title
The Adoration of the Statue of Nebuchadnezzar
Date
1525-1550
Medium
Oil on pine panel
Dimensions
115 x 134 cm (45 1/4 x 52 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Vincenzo Favenza, Venice on 10 November 1892 for 300 lire. (as Pietro della Vecchia, about 1650)
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
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 12. (as "Italian Picture, painter unknown")
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1915), p. 12. (as Vetrullo? according to Bernard Berenson)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 400-01. (as Venetian?, 1530-1600)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 105. (as Pietro della Vecchia)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 246. (as Venetian, 16th century)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 278. (as Venetian?, 1525-75?)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Venetian, probably 1525-1550)
Gallery
Raphael Room
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