Cupboard with Painted Panel: Mercury and Diana
furniture maker
Unknown
Date18th century - 19th century
Place MadeNorthern Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded pine with metal handles; Painted panel: oil on poplar
Dimensions85 x 111.5 x 33.5 cm (33 7/16 x 43 7/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF18n15.2
eMuseum ID726312
Original NumberF18n25-s
EmbARK ObjectID14159
Previous Number462
TMS Source ID2980
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 140. (North Italian, late 18th century style; the painted panels: 18th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 37 (12 May 1963), p. 2. (Possibly Cremonese, 16th century; the painted panels: 16th century, the cabinet work around them possibly later)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 170-71, no. 62. (as Northern Italian, 19th century with 18th century painted panel)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 37 (12 May 1963), p. 2. (Possibly Cremonese, 16th century; the painted panels: 16th century, the cabinet work around them possibly later)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 170-71, no. 62. (as Northern Italian, 19th century with 18th century painted panel)
MarksNotesA label on the inside of its pair, F18n15.1, reads: "Sigr Chiodetti Martire / Antiquario / Cremona."
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1918.
