Balustrade
maker
Unknown
Date1897-1901
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumStone
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS5e18
eMuseum ID719393
EmbARK ObjectID11214
Original NumberS5e18-s
TMS Source ID457
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. 42. (as commissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner in Venice, 1897-1901)
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), pp. 180-82.
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), pp. 180-82.
ProvenanceNotesCommissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Francesco Dorigo, Venice on 16 August 1899 for 3000 lire less 5%. (for 31 balustrades)
