Letter
correspondent
Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan
(Vigevano, 1452 - 1508, Loches, France)
Date14 May 1496
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions22.5 x 18.4 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.b.3.3.5
eMuseum ID727058
EmbARK ObjectID12556
Previous Number36F27e42-s
TMS Source ID1636
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.
BibliographyNotes
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 251.
Seymour De Ricci with the assistance of W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New York,1935-40), I, p. 935, no. 35.
ProvenanceNotes
Collection of Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), scholar and critic, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton in 1908. (for a bound set of 8 letters)
Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt
late 19th century
