Glaive
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1605
Place MadeRome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
MediumMetal, wood, and gilded damascening
Dimensions292 cm (114 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsWeapons and Ammunition
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF26n7
eMuseum ID721142
EmbARK ObjectID12239
TMS Source ID1373
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesArt Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 1, no. 7. (as halberd of Pope Paul V, Borghese, 1552-1621)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 19. (as halberd of Pope Paul V, Borghese)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 228. (as halberd of Pope Paul V, Borghese)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 40 (5 Jun. 1966), p. 2. (as halberd of Pope Paul V, Borghese)
Walter J. Karcheski, Jr. "An Ecclesiastical Glaive in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Fenway Court (1985), pp. 50-53, figs. 1, 3. (as a glaive of the Borghese family, probably of Cardinal Scipione Borghese-Caffarelli, 1576-1633; Italian, Rome, about 1605)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 19. (as halberd of Pope Paul V, Borghese)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 228. (as halberd of Pope Paul V, Borghese)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 40 (5 Jun. 1966), p. 2. (as halberd of Pope Paul V, Borghese)
Walter J. Karcheski, Jr. "An Ecclesiastical Glaive in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Fenway Court (1985), pp. 50-53, figs. 1, 3. (as a glaive of the Borghese family, probably of Cardinal Scipione Borghese-Caffarelli, 1576-1633; Italian, Rome, about 1605)
ProvenanceNotesVilla Borghese, Rome.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Giuseppe Giacomini, an administrator of the Borghese family estate, Rome for 6,250 lire on 16 March 1895, through the Roman banker Mr. Sebasti of the firm of Sebasti & Reali.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Giuseppe Giacomini, an administrator of the Borghese family estate, Rome for 6,250 lire on 16 March 1895, through the Roman banker Mr. Sebasti of the firm of Sebasti & Reali.
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