Object details

Accession number

M10n5

Primary Creator

Italian

Full title

Gate

Creation Date

17th century

Provenance

Purchased from the antiques dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice for 400 lire on 2 September 1897.

Display Media

Metal

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

East, North, and West Cloister

Bibliography

Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 3. (as "old Italian")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 64.
Morris Carter. "Mrs. Gardner & The Treasures of Fenway Court" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 57.

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