Object details
Object number
v.1.b.4.28
Creator(s)
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Title
Travel Album: Germany and Italy
Date
about 1896-1897
Medium
Bound album including collected photographs, found papers, and pen and ink annotations
Dimensions
32 x 20 x 4.5 cm (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Embossed in gold ink on the front cover: Italia
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
Nathaniel Silver "Isabella Stewart Gardner, Simone Martini, and Gold-Ground Paintings in America" in Nathaniel Silver (ed.). Simone Martini in Orvieto. Exh. cat. (Boston, MA: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2022) p. 20, fig. 6.
Diana Seave Greenwald and Casey Riley (ed.). Fellow Wanderer: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Travel Albums. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2023), p. 212, no. 28.
Gallery
Vatichino
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