Object details
Object number
F15s7
Creator(s)
Italian, Central Italy
Title
Cassone
Date
1580-1589
Medium
Walnut
Dimensions
65 x 171.5 x 61 cm (25 9/16 x 67 1/2 x 24 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1899.
Commentary
Isabella 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.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p 89. (modern imitation in the style of the 16th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 96-97, no. 28. (as authentic, almost entirely of the late 16th century)
Gallery
Early Italian Room
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