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The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner-creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's world, museum, and the art she collected.
Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian…
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There has been a dearth of prominent women in the art world; those who, like Vigée Le Brun, have succeeded in it, deserve our attention.
This book offers us a vivid and insightful look into the personality of a remarkable woman, a pioneering art collector and creator of one of America’s iconic museums. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s treasures include masterwork paintings, tapestries, rare books, prints, porcelains, and fine furniture, all displayed exactly as Isabella wished.
Born into a privileged New York family, Isabella Stewart married Boston Brahmin Jack Gardner at a young age. Friendships – in the cream of…
From Judith's list on Vigée Le Brun and her milieu of the art world and Europe during the French Revolution.
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