Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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art museum cultural institution museum

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a renowned art museum in Boston famous for its Venetian-style architecture, eclectic collection of European, Asian, and American art, and its still-unsolved 1990 art heist.

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Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum → cultural institution → museum →
architectOfExtension	Renzo Piano →
architecturalInspiration	Venetian palazzo →
architecturalStyle	Venetian-style palace →
category	Art museums and galleries in Massachusetts → Historic house museums in Massachusetts → Museums in Boston, Massachusetts →
city	Boston →
collectionType	American art → Asian art → European art → decorative arts → furniture → manuscripts → rare books → sculpture → tapestries →
country	United States of America →
designatedAs	National Historic Landmark →
estimatedValueOfStolenWorks	500000000 USD →
event	1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft →
extensionOpeningDate	2012 →
famousFor	1990 art heist → Venetian-style architecture → eclectic art collection →
foundedBy	Isabella Stewart Gardner →
founder	Isabella Stewart Gardner →
governingBody	Board of Trustees of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum →
hasCollectionStrength	19th-century American painting → Asian decorative arts → Dutch Golden Age painting → Islamic art → Italian Renaissance art →
hasExtension	Renzo Piano-designed new wing →
hasFacility	central courtyard → cloistered galleries → concert hall → conservation lab → special exhibition space →
inception	1903 →
legalConditionOnDisplay	galleries must remain as arranged by Isabella Stewart Gardner →
locatedIn	Fenway–Kenmore, Boston →
location	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
name	Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum →
namedAfter	Isabella Stewart Gardner →
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear	2012 →
notableWorkInCollection	A Lady and Gentleman in Black by Rembrandt (stolen) → Chez Tortoni by Édouard Manet (stolen) → El Jaleo by John Singer Sargent → Landscape with an Obelisk (attributed to Govaert Flinck) (stolen) → Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner by John Singer Sargent → The Concert by Johannes Vermeer (stolen) → The Rape of Europa by Titian → The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt (stolen) →
numberOfWorksStolen	13 →
openingDate	1903 →
overlooks	The Fens →
state	Massachusetts →
streetAddress	25 Evans Way →
theftDate	1990-03-18 →
theftStatus	unsolved →
website	https://www.gardnermuseum.org/ →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Concert ("Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection") →	collection
John Singer Sargent ("Isabella Stewart Gardner") →	commissionedBy
El Jaleo ("Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Spanish Cloister") →	exhibitedAt
The Concert →	formerLocation
Boston, Massachusetts →	hasCulturalInstitution
Fenway–Kenmore →	hasInstitution
Boston →	hasLandmark
Anders Zorn ("Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston") →	hasWorkInCollection
El Jaleo →	location
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum →	name
MBTA Green Line E branch →	serves