Tag Archives: Gardner Museum Heist 1990

palace of paintings

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Dave

“Mrs. Jack” as she was called startled Boston society by erecting a Venetian pleasure dome in the Back Bay and filling it with masterpieces for the public to enjoy. Isabela Stewart Gardner, a dashing individualist, pioneered the creation of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged Ca d'Oro of Venice, Empress Livia Rome, Fenway Court Gardner Museum, Gardner Museum Boston, Gardner Museum Heist 1990, hilliard goldfarb, isabella stewart gardner, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, villa of empress livia rome | Leave a comment

Gardner: drawn as if by lightning

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Dave

A dashing individualist, “Mrs. Jack” Gardner startled Boston society by erecting a Venetian pleasure dome in Back Bay and filling it with masterpieces for the public to enjoy… In buying old masters, Mrs. Gardner was a generation ahead of tycoons … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Anders Zorn, Andrew Mellon art collection, Bernard Berenson, Carlo Crivelli, Fenway Court Boston, Gardner Museum Boston, Gardner Museum heist, Gardner Museum Heist 1990, Henry Clay Frick art collection, isabella stewart gardner, Isabelle Stewart Gardner, isabelle stewart gardner museum, James McNeill Whistler, James Whitey Bulger, John Singer Sargent, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Perseus-Andromeda legend, Saint George Medieval Knight | Leave a comment

mrs. jack: Old Masters and young men

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Dave

She was a dashing individualist, “Mrs. Jack” as she was called, startled Boston high society by erecting a Venetian pleasure dome in the Back Bay and filling it with masterpieces for the public to enjoy. Venetian lions guard the entrance, … Continue reading →