Creative Commons License
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Leaf from Book of Hours: Initial D with Annunciation
ca. 1300-1325
ink, paint, and gold on parchment
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
In the margins are two riders with spears charging and holding armorial shields of Châtillon de Blois and Hainaut/Flanders, musicians and a female dancer, and a stag hunt.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1894, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2016-2017 | A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval Europe. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. |
| 2002 | Medieval Mastery, Book Illumination from Charlemagne to Charles the Bold (Meesterlijke Middeleeuwen). Stedelijik Museum Vander Kelen-Mertens, Leuven. |
| 1995-1996 | Medieval Games of Love and War. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Arras (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 7/8 x W: 5 1/16 in. (17.5 x 12.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1894
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.104.19R
