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Isabella Gardner herself, wearing her trademark long string of pearls, seems to glow. Gardner conveniently installed a portrait of her husband Jack nearby, making it easy to draw comparisons (style, personality, etc.) between the two.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShop our collection of gifts inspired by Anders Zorns' portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jasmine-pearl-tea","title":"Jasmine Pearl Tea","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasmine Pearl Tea is from our line of loose teas inspired by the art in Isabella Stewart Gardner's Collection and blended by Elmwood Inn Fine Teas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIngredients: Hand-picked spring green tea from Fujian Province of China scented with pure Jasmine. \u003cbr\u003eNET WT. 3.5 oz (100G)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnders Zorn (Mora, 1860 - 1920, Mora), \u003cem\u003eIsabella Stewart Gardner in Venice\u003c\/em\u003e, 1894. Oil on canvas. 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This depiction perfectly captures Gardner’s vibrant personality as she comes in from a balcony to encourage dinner party guests to join her for the display of fireworks over the Grand Canal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeing this painting on display in Gardner’s museum in 1906, Anne O’Hagan Shinn, a suffragette and an early commentator on the collection, described the painting as a “flamelike incarnation of vigor and life—impression helped, doubtless, by the wonderful yellow gown which swathes the strong and supple figure that seems to leap from the canvas.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrnaments of other subjects, artists, authors, and notable figures inspired by Isabella and the Museum also available. 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According to Jack Gardner’s diary, on the evening of October 20 his wife went out on the balcony to see a display of fireworks. Coming back into the room filled with guests, she threw open the glass doors and said, “Come out—all of you. This is too beautiful to miss.”  The picture is all about light—the artificial light inside the room and the fireworks outside. Isabella Gardner herself, wearing her trademark long string of pearls, seems to glow. 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