Object details
Object number
ARC.009007
Creator(s)
Bernard Berenson
(Butrimonys, Lithuania, 1865 - 1959, Florence)
Title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from 3 Via Camerata, Florence with Recipe for and Paint Sample of the Bardini Blue
Date
16 October 1900
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Stationery printed: 3 Via Camerata / Florence
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
Gianfranco Pocobene, "Restoring Bardini Blue in the Long Gallery," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 20 April 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/restoring-bardini-blue-long-gallery
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), p.101-103, fig. 53.
Gallery
Blue Room
Case
Berenson Case
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