Isabella Stewart Gardner Ornament Art and Literature This cosmetics case features the

This cosmetics case features the delicate hands of the Woman with a Rose by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck

and an introduction by Diskin Clay putting the work in its biographical

Spiral-bound hardcover

This simple tunic bears a bold message: Fashion is Not Ephemeral

an event that launched a revolution for Italian women’s writing

Isabella Stewart Gardner Ornament Art and Literature This cosmetics case features theThis ornament of Isabella Stewart Gardner is directly inspired by her portrait painted by John Singer Sargent and displayed in the Gothic Room. Mrs. Gardner sat for Sargent during his visit to Boston in January 1888. He was paid $3000 for the portrait, which was exhibited to great acclaim at Bostons St. Botolph Club. The work also inspired gossip and legend: someone jokingly titled it Woman: An Enigma, while others believed that the sensuous display