Object details
Object number
ARC.008698
Creator(s)
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The Trustees Of The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston
(established 1870)
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author
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Gardiner Martin Lane
(Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1859 - 1914, Boston, Massachusetts)
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author
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
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recipient
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Sandro Botticelli
(Florence, 1444 or 1445 - 1510, Florence)
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subject
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Dante Alighieri
(Florence, 1265 - 1321, Ravenna)
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subject
Title
Letter of Acknowledgment from Gardiner Martin Lane to Isabella Stewart Gardner
Date
17 May 1907
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Printed in ink (on seal): MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS / BOSTON MASS FOUNDED A.D. 1870 / INDUSTRY / ART / EDUCATION
Printed and handwritten in ink (below seal): The Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts / gratefully accept the gift of / Zeichnungen von Sandro Botticelli zu Dante's / Goettlicher Romoedie. Text and plates. Berlin, 1887. / offered to the Library of the Museum by / Mrs. John L. Gardner, / Boston / Gardiner Martin Lane / President. / Boston. May 17, 1907. / Placed in the Library / Morris Carter. Librarian.
Commentary
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Gallery
Vatichino
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