Object details
Accession number
F16w8
Primary Creator
Italian, Siena
Full title
Front Panel of a Cassone (Pannello Frontale de Cassone): Leopards
Creation Date
15th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown dealer through the art dealer Alfredo Barsanti, Rome on 2 November 1897 for 300 francs.
Dimensions
58 x 167.9 cm (22 13/16 x 66 1/8 in.)
Display Media
Poplar and walnut, with remains of gilding
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
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 105.
Jacqueline Marie Mussacchio. Art, Marriage, and Family in the Florentine Renaissance Palace (New Haven and London, 2008), p. 136-40, fig. 131.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 120, no. 37.
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