Object details
Accession number
2.b.3.4.1
Primary Creator
Bernardo Tasso
(Venice, 1493 - 1569, Ostiglia)
Full title
Letter about Torquato Tasso
Creation Date
23 July 1561
Object Case
Dante Case
Provenance
Collection of Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), scholar and critic, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 24 March 1908 for $2,000. (for set of 8 letters, 2.b.3.4.1-8)
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Seymour de Ricci and W.J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. I (New York, 1935), p. 935, no. 36.Edward Williamson. Bernardo Tasso, Storia e letteratura: raccolta di studi e testi, 39 (Rome, 1951), pp. 163-164.
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