Object details
Object number
P33s58
Creator(s)
Willard Thomas Sears
(New Bedford, 1837 - 1920, Boston)
Title
Design for the Exterior of Fenway Court, East View
Date
1900
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pen and ink on wove paper
Dimensions
31 x 49 cm (12 3/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Additional Dimensions
Frame: 47 x 65.4 cm (18 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (bottom, center): "House in the Fenway"
Provenance
Commissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the American architect Willard Thomas Sears (1837-1920) in 1900.
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.
Bibliography
Cynthia Saltzman. Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures (New York: Penguin Books, 2008), p. 83.
Gallery
Vatichino
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