Commode (Comò or cassettone)
furniture maker
Unknown
Datemid 18th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and varnished pine
Dimensions75.7 x 126.8 x 57.5 cm (29 13/16 x 49 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF11s14
eMuseum ID729259
EmbARK ObjectID11461
TMS Source ID669
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), pp. 64-65.
Alexandra Libby and Stanton Thomas. Venice in the Age of Canaletto. Exh. cat. (Sarasota: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2009), pp. 140-41, no. 37.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 74-75, no. 16. (Venice or Veneto)
Alexandra Libby and Stanton Thomas. Venice in the Age of Canaletto. Exh. cat. (Sarasota: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2009), pp. 140-41, no. 37.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 74-75, no. 16. (Venice or Veneto)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1900.
Possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Domenico Lorenzetti, Venice on 11 October 1892 for 70 lire.
Possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Domenico Lorenzetti, Venice on 11 October 1892 for 70 lire.
