Notebook with History and Art History Notes
author
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date1883
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumHandwritten ink and graphite on paper in a leather binding
Dimensions20.4 x 17 cm (8 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.009116
eMuseum ID722162
EmbARK ObjectID34798
TMS Source ID18254
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.
BibliographyNotesNathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp.50-51, fig. 22.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink (on strip of paper inside front cover, recto, center): Dec-
Inscribed in ink (on page 1, upper right): 1883 / I.S.
Inscribed in graphite (on first enclosed sheet, recto and verso): [various scribbled notes and circled words]
Inscribed in graphite (on second enclosed sheet, recto): Germany / 1 Austria / 2 Kingdom Prussia / 4 little kingdoms / 1 Hanover / 2 Bavaria / 3 Saxony / 4 Wirtenberg / Grand Duchess / Baden / Oldenburg / Mecklenburg Schwerin / Streitch / Hesse Darensfeldt / Duphres / Brunswick / 3 Anhalt States / Nassau / Sarfe-Weimar Sarfe States / Coburg Gotha / Meringen / Altenburg
Inscribed in graphite (on second enclosed sheet, verso): Caravaggio [check] / Carlo Dolce (sic) [check] / Albert (sic) Durer [check] / 3 Carracci Annibale / Domenico [check] / Tintoretto / Cipriani Baptiste / Kuyp / Paul Potter / Woutermans
Inscribed in ink (on page 1, upper right): 1883 / I.S.
Inscribed in graphite (on first enclosed sheet, recto and verso): [various scribbled notes and circled words]
Inscribed in graphite (on second enclosed sheet, recto): Germany / 1 Austria / 2 Kingdom Prussia / 4 little kingdoms / 1 Hanover / 2 Bavaria / 3 Saxony / 4 Wirtenberg / Grand Duchess / Baden / Oldenburg / Mecklenburg Schwerin / Streitch / Hesse Darensfeldt / Duphres / Brunswick / 3 Anhalt States / Nassau / Sarfe-Weimar Sarfe States / Coburg Gotha / Meringen / Altenburg
Inscribed in graphite (on second enclosed sheet, verso): Caravaggio [check] / Carlo Dolce (sic) [check] / Albert (sic) Durer [check] / 3 Carracci Annibale / Domenico [check] / Tintoretto / Cipriani Baptiste / Kuyp / Paul Potter / Woutermans
