This is an Italian round and footed glass bowl. The bowl is decorated with blue, green and grey dots in a scalloped design. It has a plain rim and sits on a lightly grooved, tall pedestal with a circular base.
Italian, Venice
Footed Bowl,
about 1525
Glass
,
16.4 x 26.5 cm (6 7/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Object details
Accession number
C26n28
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Footed Bowl
Creation Date
about 1525
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Gaetano Pepe, Naples on 26 October 1897 for 500 lire.
Dimensions
16.4 x 26.5 cm (6 7/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Display Media
Glass
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
Titian Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 223. (as Venetian, 16th century)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 8-9, ill. (as Venetian, about 1525)
Rosella Mamoli Zorzi."'Foresti' In Venice in the Second Half of the 19th Century: Their Passion for Paintings, Brocades, and Glass." Atti dell' Instituto Veneto di Scienze, lettre ed arti (Venice, 2016), p. 9.
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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.
