Commission Appointment to Gerolemo Lavagnol
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recipient
Gerolemo Lavagnol
(active Venice, 17th century)
Date30 May 1628
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumInk on vellum with lead seal and silk chord
Dimensions30.5 x 43.5 cm (12 x 17 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.a.2.2.1
eMuseum ID723419
EmbARK ObjectID23721
TMS Source ID8622
Last Updated8/14/24
DescriptionFolio "1880"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.
BibliographyNotesAnne-Marie Eze. "'Safe from Destruction by Fire': Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venetian Manuscripts." Journal for Manuscript Studies (Fall 2017), p. 190.
ProvenanceNotes
Collection of the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)
Francesco Donato
17 July 1547
Nicolò da Ponte
26 August 1578