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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Mirror (Specchiera): Bacchus and Ariadne
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Mirror (Specchiera): Bacchus and Ariadne

Date19th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumGilded poplar and mirrored glass
Dimensions80 x 87.6 cm (31 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC16n12.1
eMuseum ID727118
EmbARK ObjectID11764
Original NumberC16n12-s
TMS Source ID936
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 109. (Venetian)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 137, no. 50.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice on 12 August 1890 for 820 lire (for set of four mirrors).
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1775-1799
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1760-1780
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1760-1780
Mirror (Specchiera)
Unknown
1775-1799
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
18th century
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century
Mirror
Unknown
late 17th century - early 18th century