Gothic Room

The Gothic Room was closed to the public during Isabella Stewart Gardner’s lifetime. With a mixture of devotional and domestic objects, it served as a private refuge for Isabella and a few very close friends. A far cry from the Italian palazzo–like aesthetic she employed in the Raphael Room or Titian Room, here she turned to another style near to her heart: the Gothic. England and its many Gothic cathedrals, painstakingly recorded in her travel albums, provided the idea for this space.

Our Gothic Room selection includes gifts that pay homage to the art found in this gallery, including John Singer Sargent's portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner.