Object details
Accession number
ARC.009116
Primary Creator
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Full title
Notebook with History and Art History Notes
Creation Date
1883
Language
English
Marks
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
Dimensions
20.4 x 17 cm (8 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Display Media
Handwritten ink and graphite on paper in a leather binding
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
Vatichino
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