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Image Not Available for Commission Appointment to Gerolemo Lavagnol
Commission Appointment to Gerolemo Lavagnol
Image Not Available for Commission Appointment to Gerolemo Lavagnol

Commission Appointment to Gerolemo Lavagnol

author
recipient (active Venice, 17th century)
Date4 June 1661
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumInk on vellum with lead seal and silk chord
Dimensions33.7 x 47 cm (13 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.a.2.2.2
eMuseum ID723108
EmbARK ObjectID23731
TMS Source ID8628
Last Updated8/14/24
DescriptionFolio "1880"
13 1 /2 in. x 18 1/8 in.
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.
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 sets of Venetian manuscripts)