Envelope with Olive Leaf from Plato's Academy
compiler
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date31 March 1886
Place MadeAthens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece, Europe
MediumInk on paper with pressed leaf
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007860
eMuseum ID717867
EmbARK ObjectID33635
TMS Source ID17117
Last Updated4/8/25
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: Olive leaf from / Plato's Academy / Athens. W.A.G / March 1886 / 31 / "Where the Plane tree whispers / to the elm" Aristophanes.
ProvenanceNotesGift from Isabella Stewart Gardner's nephew, classicist William Amory Gardner, on March 31,1886.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
9 August 1890
