Object details
Object number
U18e88
Creator(s)
Title
The Pious and Noble Congregation of the Starry Cross, Founded by the Sacred Caesarean Royal Majesty of the Empress Eleonora [La Radunanza Nobile, e Pia della Crociera Fondata dalla Sacra Cesarea Real Maesta dell'Imperatrice Eleonora]
Date
1817
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Vienna, Austria
Binding Description
Dark purple leather binding with tooled gilded decoration on front cover and gilded lettering on spine
Dimensions
17 x 10.5 x 2.5 cm (6 11/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Blue paper (pasted inside front cover, top): Decorazione dame Stellate / Apartenera alla Nobile / Contessa Balbi
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Elizabeth F. Parker on 27 May 1917 (ARC.004371).
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Elizabeth F. Parker on 28 May 1917 (ARC.004572).
Provenance
Collection of the Contessa Balbi (possibly Adriana Maria Christina, 1821-1884), Venice.
Purchased by Mrs. George Tyson (Emily Davis, d. 1922) from the estate of the Contessa Balbi in 1884 for an unknown price.
Gift from Mrs. George Tyson to Mrs. William Lincoln Parker (Elizabeth Bowditch (Frothingham) Brown) in December 1884.
Gift from Mrs. William Lincoln Parker to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 28 May 1917.
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.
Gallery
Little Salon
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