15th c Italian Profile Portraits on Wood Panels

Painting

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Hammond Castle Museum

Set of 4 formally in Gothic Room

Set of 4 formally in Gothic Room

Name/Title

15th c Italian Profile Portraits on Wood Panels

Entry/Object ID

HM-835

Description

15th c. Italian profile portraits (set of 24+) 20 in 2nd tower gallery above door to lifting shaft, some in storage. Very similar to set at Isabella Steward Gardner Museum. Possibly from same source - "probably created in the last quarter of the 15th century for the Castello di Cassano Magnago (then called Ca' Bianca or Domus Alba), near Milan. (ISGM)" 1934 purchased by Hammond

Acquisition

Accession

835

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

1967-12-01 from C Witham (15thc portraits, purchased 1934)

Note Type

1966-09-22 from Fogg (portrait panels 15thc, Gardner Museum) copy