Object details

Accession number

ARC.007238

Primary Creator

Antonio Settini (active Venice, late 19th century)

Full title

Paneling from Palazzo Morosini, Venice

Creation Date

1894-1897

Language

English

Provenance

Taken in the antique dealer Antonio Settini's shop in Venice, 1894-1897.

Sent to Isabella Stewart Gardner by Antonio Settini for her to consider purchasing in September 1897. (see F18w3.1-22, now in the Little Salon)

Marks

Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 1
Inscribed in pencil (center): questa e da riprodursi
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 2
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 3
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 4

Display Media

Albumen print

Web Commentary

Isabella purchased paneling from the Venetian Palazzo Morosini (F18w3.1-22) through the antique dealer Antonio Settini and installed it in the Little Salon. These photographs were part of Settini’s sales pitch. Venice was Isabella’s favorite city, and she undoubtedly took great joy in creating the ambiance of an 18th-century Venetian interior in her museum.

Permanent Gallery Location

Archives

Bibliography

Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 142-53, figs. A, G, K, O, S.

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