Object details

Accession number

2.b.3.4.8

Primary Creator

Roberto Bellarmino (Montepulciano, 1542 - 1621, Rome)

Full title

Letter to Spinello Benci, Bishop of Montepulciano, from Rome

Creation Date

10 October 1592

Object Case

Dante Case

Provenance

Collection of Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), scholar and critic, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 24 March 1908 for $2,000. (for set of 8 letters, 2.b.3.4.1-8)

Display Media

Ink on paper

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

Long Gallery

Bibliography

Seymour de Ricci and W.J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. I (New York, 1935), p. 936, no. 36.

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