Credenza
furniture maker
Unknown
Date1460s
Place MadeTuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut, poplar, and cypress
Dimensions109.4 x 301.3 x 75.3 cm (43 1/16 x 118 5/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF27w70
eMuseum ID725471
EmbARK ObjectID12409
TMS Source ID1534
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis credenza embodies the harmonious proportions and massive dignity of much Italian Renaissance furniture. The art historian Bernard Berenson also owned a credenza of this form and in 1906 Isabella Gardner saw it when she stayed with him at Villa I Tatti. She must have been impressed
by the piece and during her stay in Florence she bought her own example from the dealer Stefano Bardini.
by the piece and during her stay in Florence she bought her own example from the dealer Stefano Bardini.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 231. (Florentine, late 15th century)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 21 (23 Jan. 1966), p. 2. (Tuscan, probably Florentine, late 15th century)
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 186-87, illus. (Florentine, late 15th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 271-73, no. 128.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 21 (23 Jan. 1966), p. 2. (Tuscan, probably Florentine, late 15th century)
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 186-87, illus. (Florentine, late 15th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 271-73, no. 128.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Stefano Bardini, Florence on 12 October 1906 for 15,000 lire, together with two armchairs (F27e19.1-2) .
