Object details

Object number

ARC.007238

Creator(s)

Antonio Settini (active Venice, late 19th century)

Title

Paneling from Palazzo Morosini, Venice

Date

1894-1897

Medium

Albumen print

Language

English

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 1
Inscribed in pencil (center): questa e da riprodursi
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 2
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 3
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 4

Provenance

Taken in the antique dealer Antonio Settini's shop in Venice, 1894-1897.
Sent to Isabella Stewart Gardner by Antonio Settini for her to consider purchasing in September 1897. (see F18w3.1-22, now in the Little Salon)

Commentary

Isabella purchased paneling from the Venetian Palazzo Morosini (F18w3.1-22) through the antique dealer Antonio Settini and installed it in the Little Salon. These photographs were part of Settini’s sales pitch. Venice was Isabella’s favorite city, and she undoubtedly took great joy in creating the ambiance of an 18th-century Venetian interior in her museum.

Bibliography

Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 142-53, figs. A, G, K, O, S.
Elizabeth Reluga, "The Largest Mirror," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 11 August 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/largest-mirror

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