Object details

Object number

ARC.009116

Creator(s)

Isabella Stewart Gardner (New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)

Title

Notebook with History and Art History Notes

Date

1883

Medium

Handwritten ink and graphite on paper in a leather binding

Language

English

Dimensions

20.4 x 17 cm (8 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in ink (on strip of paper inside front cover, recto, center): Dec-
Inscribed in ink (on page 1, upper right): 1883 / I.S.
Inscribed in graphite (on first enclosed sheet, recto and verso): [various scribbled notes and circled words]
Inscribed in graphite (on second enclosed sheet, recto): Germany / 1 Austria / 2 Kingdom Prussia / 4 little kingdoms / 1 Hanover / 2 Bavaria / 3 Saxony / 4 Wirtenberg / Grand Duchess / Baden / Oldenburg / Mecklenburg Schwerin / Streitch / Hesse Darensfeldt / Duphres / Brunswick / 3 Anhalt States / Nassau / Sarfe-Weimar Sarfe States / Coburg Gotha / Meringen / Altenburg
Inscribed in graphite (on second enclosed sheet, verso): Caravaggio [check] / Carlo Dolce (sic) [check] / Albert (sic) Durer [check] / 3 Carracci Annibale / Domenico [check] / Tintoretto / Cipriani Baptiste / Kuyp / Paul Potter / Woutermans

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

Gallery

Vatichino

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