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Hanging or Curtain with Cartouche of the Archangel Michael Overcoming the Devil

maker Unknown

Dateabout 1725-1775

Place MadeItaly, Europe

MediumCut plain silk velvet embroidered with polychrome silk yarns with couched silver and gilt yarns

Dimensions219.1 x 143.8 cm (86 1/4 x 56 5/8 in.)

ClassificationsFurnishings

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberT21n4

eMuseum ID725721

EmbARK ObjectID13730

Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)141D

Alt. No. 4 (Old Cavallo)141

Alt. No. 1 (Siple)018

TMS Source ID2607

Last Updated10/26/24

Status

Not on view

Web 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.

BibliographyNotesPalazzo San Donato. A.N. Demidov Sale [Anatole Nikolaievitch Demidoff, 1st prince of San Donato (1812-1870)] (Florence, 12-22 April 1880), p. 178, no. 865. (as Italian, Genoa)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 178. (as Italian, dated about 16th or 17th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 158-59, no. 114, ill. (as Italian, dated about 1725-1775 with later alterations)

MarksNotesInscribed in ink (on accompanying note, ARC.008240): San Donato Catalogue no 865 / 1 Genoa Velvet Portiere / The central medallion represents the combat of St. Michael & the Devil. It is lined with a white satin altar cloth ornamented with gold arabesques and bordered with Venetian gold lace

ProvenanceNotesOffered at the A.N. Demidov Sale [Anatole Nikolaievitch Demidoff, 1st prince of San Donato (1812-1870)] at Palazzo San Donato, Florence on 12-22 April 1880, lot 865.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Sypher & Co., New York on 20 October 1880 for $700.