Object details
Accession number
F28e23
Primary Creator
Italian, Northern Italy
Full title
Prie-dieu (Inginocchiatoio)
Creation Date
17th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealers Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice on 13 September 1897 for 160 lire.
Dimensions
87.3 x 72 x 52.8 cm (34 3/8 x 28 3/8 x 20 13/16 in.)
Display Media
Walnut
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
Chapel
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 257. (16th-century style)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 290, no. 145.
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