Object details
Accession number
F11s14
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Commode (Comò or cassettone)
Creation Date
mid 18th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1900.
Possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Domenico Lorenzetti, Venice on 11 October 1892 for 70 lire.
Dimensions
75.7 x 126.8 x 57.5 cm (29 13/16 x 49 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
Display Media
Painted and varnished pine
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
Macknight Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 64-65.
Alexandra Libby and Stanton Thomas. Venice in the Age of Canaletto. Exh. cat. (Sarasota: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2009), pp. 140-41, no. 37.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 74-75, no. 16. (Venice or Veneto)
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