Tag Archives: Countess Eleanor Palffy

platonic painter and patron

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Dave

Isabella Stewart Gardner. A dashing individualist, with the showmanship of Ziegfeld and the temper of Toscanini, she took Boston by storm. A passion for old master art, young men and music all seemed to come together in one of the … Continue reading →

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sweep out the ashes

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Dave

Eccentric she was.A black sheep never quite accepted by Boston’s first families. Quirky. An only in America original. She had edge, she had flash; a dashing individualist Isabella Stewart Gardner “Mrs. Jack” startled Boston society by erecting a Venetian pleasure … Continue reading →

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Money is the sixth sense

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Dave

Isabella Stewart Gardner was certainly no prude. She liked to tell risque jokes in public, and she did her best to shake up, startle, and rattle staid old Boston society. Her pleasure dome in the Back Bay filled with masterpieces … Continue reading →