Paneling from Palazzo Morosini, Venice
contributor
Antonio Settini
(active Venice, late 19th century)
Date1894-1897
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumAlbumen print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007238
eMuseum ID728626
EmbARK ObjectID33054
TMS Source ID16587
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella purchased paneling from the Venetian Palazzo Morosini (F18w3.1-22) through the antique dealer Antonio Settini and installed it in the Little Salon. These photographs were part of Settini’s sales pitch. Venice was Isabella’s favorite city, and she undoubtedly took great joy in creating the ambiance of an 18th-century Venetian interior in her museum.
BibliographyNotesFausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 142-53, figs. A, G, K, O, S.
Elizabeth Reluga, "The Largest Mirror," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 11 August 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/largest-mirror
Elizabeth Reluga, "The Largest Mirror," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 11 August 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/largest-mirror
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (top left): no. 1
Inscribed in pencil (center): questa e da riprodursi
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 2
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 3
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 4
Inscribed in pencil (center): questa e da riprodursi
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 2
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 3
Inscribed in pencil (top left): no. 4
ProvenanceNotesTaken in the antique dealer Antonio Settini's shop in Venice, 1894-1897.
Sent to Isabella Stewart Gardner by Antonio Settini for her to consider purchasing in September 1897. (see F18w3.1-22, now in the Little Salon)
Sent to Isabella Stewart Gardner by Antonio Settini for her to consider purchasing in September 1897. (see F18w3.1-22, now in the Little Salon)
