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I was there 2 years ago, perhaps this is the most powerful artistic impression last time. The museum is located in Boston. On the surface - not a lot of strange building, inside the Venetian palace of 15 century. Wonderful courtyard. Deep taste and an incredible number of masterpieces of world level, even without the stolen paintings. One self-portrait of the young Rembrandt is worth something!

Here are a few from the site of the museum, translated as able

Carefully selected collection of Isabella Stewart Gardner has more than 2,500 objects - paintings, sculptures, furniture, textiles, paintings, silver, ceramics, manuscripts, rare books, photographs and letters - from ancient Rome, medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, Asia, the Islamic world and the 19 th century France and America.


Creation Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner has gained much of his collection in a very short period of time. Like many other wealthy Americans, Gardner bought the paintings and objects to decorate the house .. In 1880, Ms. Gardner attended lectures on the history of art and works of Dante, under the leadership of Charles Eliot Norton of Harvard University. This has a passion for Dante and Isabella Stewart Gardner began to buy rare editions of the writer. She became a serious collector of Dutch and Italian painting in the 1890-ies. Since 1894, Bernard Berenson, a young art historian, began to recommend the Italian paintings for purchase. He was a novice as well as Mrs. Gardner, but within two years he directed the purchases for the collection, which includes "Lucretia" by Botticelli, "Europe" Titian's "Concert" Vermeer and Rembrandt self-portrait. Berenson acted as agent for Colnaghi - dealer from London, who offered the painting for sale, however, Isabella Stewart Gardner took her own decisions about what to buy. In 1896, Berenson Europa facilitate the acquisition of Titian, which is still heralded as "the most important work of art in Boston. (Boston Globe, July 27, 2002).


Short! You will be in Boston - do not miss!