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(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Merit of Women
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Merit of Women

author (Venice, 1555 - 1592, Venice)
printer (active Venice, 1585 - 1615)
Date1600
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions20.32 x 14.61 cm (8 x 5 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number4.b.2.3
eMuseum ID722937
EmbARK ObjectID20890
TMS Source ID7438
Last Updated8/9/24
Description[8], 158, [2] pages : port. ; 20 cm. (4to)
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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 78.
MarksNotesMarked (binding): coat of arms of Foscarini family [about 1600]
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the Foscarini family, about 1600.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.