Ducal Brief
correspondent
Gaspar Marinus
(active Venice, about 1718)
Date1718
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumInk on vellum
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.a.2.3.10
eMuseum ID722975
EmbARK ObjectID23737
TMS Source ID8634
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
ProvenanceNotesCollection 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. (as one of ten ducal briefs, with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (as one of ten ducal briefs, with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)
Francesco Donato
17 July 1547
