Seal from Commissione of Doge Francesco Donato
maker
Unknown
Date1546
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumMetal with twill
ClassificationsSeals
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.a.2.1.x
eMuseum ID727640
EmbARK ObjectID24643
TMS Source ID9017
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
MarksNotesInscribed:
recto: S.M.VENETVS / FRANC.DONATO / XAC
verso: FRAN / CISCVS / DONATO / DEIGRADUX / VENETIARX / ETC
recto: S.M.VENETVS / FRANC.DONATO / XAC
verso: FRAN / CISCVS / DONATO / DEIGRADUX / VENETIARX / ETC
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Vincenzo Gritti (active around 1530-1547), Lieutenant of Udine, 1546-1547.
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 19 Venetian manuscripts)
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 19 Venetian manuscripts)
