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Letter of Acknowledgment from Gardiner Martin Lane to Isabella Stewart Gardner

author The Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (established 1870)

author Gardiner Martin Lane (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1859 - 1914, Boston, Massachusetts)

recipient Isabella Stewart Gardner (New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)

subject Sandro Botticelli (Florence, 1444 or 1445 - 1510, Florence)

subject Dante Alighieri (Florence, 1265 - 1321, Ravenna)

Date17 May 1907

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumPrinted ink on paper

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.008698

eMuseum ID730911

EmbARK ObjectID34426

TMS Source ID17885

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

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MarksNotesPrinted in ink (on seal): MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS / BOSTON MASS FOUNDED A.D. 1870 / INDUSTRY / ART / EDUCATION
Printed and handwritten in ink (below seal): The Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts / gratefully accept the gift of / Zeichnungen von Sandro Botticelli zu Dante's / Goettlicher Romoedie. Text and plates. Berlin, 1887. / offered to the Library of the Museum by / Mrs. John L. Gardner, / Boston / Gardiner Martin Lane / President. / Boston. May 17, 1907. / Placed in the Library / Morris Carter. Librarian.