Envelope with Pressed Leaves from Goethe's Gartenhaus Garden
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Frankfurt, 1749 - 1832, Weimar)
Date24 August 1892
Place MadeWeimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe
MediumInk on paper and pressed leaves
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006361
eMuseum ID726193
EmbARK ObjectID32216
Other NumberU27e678
TMS Source ID15787
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (recto, center): Weimar August 24. 1892. / Ivy from Goethe's Gartenhaus / Garden. / Other leaf from the rock, where / he & Frau von Stein sat.
Inscribed in ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (verso, upper left): Oh, cursed be the Comrade / wherever he was he was born, / Who does not draw the sound / Before he blows / the horn -
Inscribed in pencil (verso, upper right corner): F1
Inscribed in ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (verso, upper left): Oh, cursed be the Comrade / wherever he was he was born, / Who does not draw the sound / Before he blows / the horn -
Inscribed in pencil (verso, upper right corner): F1
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection in 1892.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
9 August 1890
Gretchen Osgood Warren
late 19th century - early 20th century
