Object details
Accession number
F16s15
Primary Creator
Italian, Northern Italy
Full title
Cassone with Three Painted Scenes
Creation Date
1480-1489
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice on 2 September 1897 for 960 lire. (as 16th century, pictures Mantegna school)
Dimensions
83.8 x 218 x 61 cm (33 x 85 13/16 x 24 in.)
Display Media
Painted and gilded pine and walnut
Dimension Notes
Painted walnut panel left: 37.5 x 41.7 cm (14 3/4 x 16 7/16 in.)
Painted walnut panel center: 37.2 x 35.2 cm (14 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Painted walnut panel right: 37.4 x 42.1 cm (14 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.)
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
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 3, no. 11.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 8. (as "Italian Marriage Chest")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 109.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 44 (30 Jun. 1963), p. 2.
Jerzy Mizio?ek. “S?d Salomona, Legenda O Zmar?ym Królu I Historia Tuzji: Trzy Obrazy Alvise Donatiego Z Pocz?tku XVI Wieku.” Rocznik Historii Sztuki 24 (1999), p. 11 fig. 6.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 118-19, no. 36. (as Northern Italian, dated 1480s with significant additions and repairs in the 19th century)
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