Letter about Torquato Tasso
correspondent
Bernardo Tasso
(Venice, 1493 - 1569, Ostiglia)
Date23 July 1561
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.b.3.4.1
eMuseum ID726453
EmbARK ObjectID12560
Previous Number40F27e42-s
TMS Source ID1640
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.
BibliographyNotesSeymour de Ricci and W.J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. I (New York, 1935), p. 935, no. 36.
Edward Williamson. Bernardo Tasso, Storia e letteratura: raccolta di studi e testi, 39 (Rome, 1951), pp. 163-164.
Edward Williamson. Bernardo Tasso, Storia e letteratura: raccolta di studi e testi, 39 (Rome, 1951), pp. 163-164.
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), scholar and critic, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 24 March 1908 for $2,000. (for set of 8 letters, 2.b.3.4.1-8)
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 24 March 1908 for $2,000. (for set of 8 letters, 2.b.3.4.1-8)
