Practice of the Courts of the Venetian Palace
author
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Date17th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions15 x 10 cm (5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.c.2.7
eMuseum ID719398
EmbARK ObjectID23114
Previous Number30F27e42-s
TMS Source ID8314
Last Updated8/14/24
Description1 vol. (160 + 4 leaves, 19 lines) ; paper ; 15 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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), pp. 51-52.
Seymour De Ricci and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. 1 (New York, 1935), p. 935, no. 33.
Helena Szépe. "Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venetian manuscripts" in 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), p. 235.
Anne-Marie Eze. "'Safe from Destruction by Fire': Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venetian Manuscripts." Journal for Manuscript Studies (Fall 2017), pp. 205, 214-15, fig. 10.
Seymour De Ricci and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. 1 (New York, 1935), p. 935, no. 33.
Helena Szépe. "Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venetian manuscripts" in 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), p. 235.
Anne-Marie Eze. "'Safe from Destruction by Fire': Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venetian Manuscripts." Journal for Manuscript Studies (Fall 2017), pp. 205, 214-15, fig. 10.
MarksNotesAffixed: bookplate of Earl of Guilford
Inscribed (second fly leaf): "E. C. London Aug. 1883"
Inscribed (second fly leaf): "E.C. = Edward Cheney, then John Ruskin's. Now, 1900, C.E. Norton's" [hand of Charles Eliot Norton]
Inscribed (second fly leaf): "Mine, now, 1903, Isabella Stewart Gardner." [hand of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Inscribed (second fly leaf): "E. C. London Aug. 1883"
Inscribed (second fly leaf): "E.C. = Edward Cheney, then John Ruskin's. Now, 1900, C.E. Norton's" [hand of Charles Eliot Norton]
Inscribed (second fly leaf): "Mine, now, 1903, Isabella Stewart Gardner." [hand of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
ProvenanceNotesCollection of a Venetian library, 18th century, no. 29.
Collection of the Earl of Guilford.
Collection of the English art collector and watercolor painter Edward Cheney (1803-1884), 1883.
Collection of the art and social critic John Ruskin (1819-1900), London.
Collection of the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1900.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)
Collection of the Earl of Guilford.
Collection of the English art collector and watercolor painter Edward Cheney (1803-1884), 1883.
Collection of the art and social critic John Ruskin (1819-1900), London.
Collection of the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1900.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)
Nicolò da Ponte
26 August 1578
