Object details

Accession number

2.a.2.3.4

Primary Creator

Domenico Vico (active Venice, about 1636 - about 1664)

Full title

Ducal Brief

Creation Date

1647

Object Case

Dante Case

Language

Italian

Publication Place

Venice

Provenance

Collection of the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (as one of ten ducal briefs, with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)

Display Media

Ink on vellum

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

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