Object details

Object number

ARC.006410

Creator(s)

Voltaire (Paris, 1694 - 1778, Paris)

Title

Letter to Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

Date

before 1741

Medium

Ink on paper

Language

French

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Marked in ink (recto, top left corner): 10
Inscribed in pencil (recto, top right): $25.00

Provenance

Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $25 on 19 April 1890, lot 2939.

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

Long Gallery

Case

French Authors Case

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