Object details

Object number

S.G.S.1.24

Creator(s)

• Doubleday, Page & Company (active New York, Garden City, 1900 - 1927) - publisher
• Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (New York, 1851 - 1934, New York) - translator
• Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner (Karlsruhe, Germany, 1880 - 1958, New York) - author

Title

The Art of the Low Countries

Date

1914

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

Garden City

Binding Description

Brown paper book jacket. Brown paper binding with embossed title on cover and spine.

Description

xx, 251 p., [78] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Dimensions

24 x 17 x 4.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Signed in black ink (on front flyleaf, top): I.S. Gardner / from / Ruth Thayer / May 1915. 

Provenance

Gift from American socialite Ruth Thayer (1864-1941) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in May 1915. 

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

Short Gallery

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