Object details
Accession number
T27e4.1-2
Primary Creator
Italian, Rome
Full title
Canopy and Dossal with Appliqué Monograph of Francesco Cenci
Creation Date
about 1560-1570
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Belisaris, Rome for 4,500 lire on 1 April 1895 through the American painter and collector Ralph W. Curtis (1854–1922).
Marks
Appliquéd (front): C, F [probably representing prince of the Holy Roman Empire Francesco Cenci (1549-1598)]
Dimensions
38.1 x 22.9 cm (15 x 9 in.)
Display Media
Cut silk velvet with applied silk and metal tabby, silk and metal cords
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
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 2, no. 9. (as a baldaechino; as previously owned by Prince Francesco Cenci)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 23.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 234.
Adolph S. Cavallo. "An Introduction to the Textile Collection at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1981), pp. 6-17, figs. 5-6. (as Italian, probably Rome; dated 1559-1565)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 144-145, no. 91. (as dated 1560-1570)
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