Object details
Object number
F18w3.10
Creator(s)
Italian, Venice
Title
Carved panel (Panello)
Date
mid 18th century
Medium
Gilded wood
Dimensions
45.5 x 104 cm (17 15/16 x 40 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner’s husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer Antonio Settini, Venice on 28 September 1897 for 20 lire.
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
Alberto Salvagnini. "Il Palazzo Morosini in Venezia" in La Ressegna Nazionale 56, no. 12 (1890), pp. 143-151.
Jules Sambon and Charles Mannheim. Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement de Mme la comtesse Lauredana Gatterburg-Morosini, ... (Sales Enterprise of Italy: Venice, 15-21 May 1894), pp. 29-30, lot 343.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 135.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 157, no. 53.
Gallery
Little Salon
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