Object details

Accession number

S.G.S.2.12

Creators

• Andrea Mantegna (Padua province, about 1431 - 1506, Mantua) - subject
• Francesco Francia (Bologna, about 1450 - 1517, Bologna) - subject
• Julia Cartwright Ady (Northamptonshire, 1851 - 1924, Oxford) - author
• Joseph Cundall (Norwich, 1818 - 1895, Wallington) - editor
• Scribner & Welford (active New York, 1878 - 1891) - publisher

Full title

Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists: Mantegna and Francia

Creation Date

1881

Language

English

Publication Place

New York

Binding Description

Brown leather binding, gilded 'frame' around book's edges, crest on top left corner, gilded. Gilded decoration and title on spine.

Description

vii, 124 p. front. (port.) illus., 12 pl. 19 cm.

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1881.

Marks

Gilded crest (cover, top left): possibly for the Stewart-Gardner familiesSigned in black ink (on title page, top center): I.S. GardnerInscribed in pencil (on title page, after author's name): Ady 

Dimensions

19 x 13.5 x 2 cm (7 1/2 x 5 5/16 x 13/16 in.)

Display Media

Printed 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

Short Gallery

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