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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Antiquity Explained and Illustrated: Volume I, Part II
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Antiquity Explained and Illustrated: Volume I, Part II

printer (active Paris, 1685-1722)
author (Paris, 1655 - 1741, Paris)
Date1719
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions44 x 30 x 5.5 cm (17 5/16 x 11 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.e.1.7
eMuseum ID724742
EmbARK ObjectID21194
TMS Source ID7657
Last Updated8/9/24
Description5 v. in 10. illus., ports., plans. 39 cm.

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.
ProvenanceNotes
Collection of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $225 for 15 volumes on 13 September 1922.