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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 Donatello (Florence, about 1386 - 1466)

Date5 February 1914

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumPrinted ink on paper

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.008701

eMuseum ID730951

EmbARK ObjectID34429

TMS Source ID17888

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 / Casts of Donatello's choir angels. / offered to the Museum by / Mrs. John L. Gardner. / Gardiner Martin Lane / President. / Boston. February 5, 1914. / Received by the Museum / Arthur Fairbanks Director.