The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Volume I
publisher
Tipografia della Gazzetta d'Italia
(active Florence, 19th century)
subject
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(Caprese, 1475 - 1564, Rome)
author
Aurelio Gotti
(active Florence, 1834 - 1904)
Date1875
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions24 x 16.5 x 3 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS.G.S.4.8
eMuseum ID723236
EmbARK ObjectID21289
TMS Source ID7686
Last Updated8/9/24
Description2 v. : ill., fold. facsims, fold. plans, fold. geneal. tables, music ; 25 cm.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.
MarksNotesBookplate (inside front cover, center): gilded crest of the Stewart-Gardner families
Sticker (inside front cover, top right): Schoenhof & Moeller / Boston / 40 Winter Street 40
Inscribed in pencil (inside front flyleaf, top right corner): 338/2
Signed in black ink (title page, top): I.S. Gardner
Signed in pencil (facing page iii, center): S. B. Torricelli
Sticker (inside front cover, top right): Schoenhof & Moeller / Boston / 40 Winter Street 40
Inscribed in pencil (inside front flyleaf, top right corner): 338/2
Signed in black ink (title page, top): I.S. Gardner
Signed in pencil (facing page iii, center): S. B. Torricelli
ProvenanceNotesProbably in the library of S.B. Torricelli; 1875
Possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Schoenhof and Moeller, Boston, 1875-1878.
Possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Schoenhof and Moeller, Boston, 1875-1878.
