Barbavara Book of Hours

Exhibitions

• Flight, Fantasy, Faith, Fact. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 1953-1954.
• God's Minstrel: St. Francis of Assisi. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1982.
• Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985.
• Manuscript Painting in the Renaissance. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1989-1990.
• The Illuminated Initial. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1991-1992.
• The Book within the Book: Images of Books and Readers in Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
• Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001.
• Dressed in Gold: Books of the Italian Renaissance. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2005-2006.

Provenance Barbavara Family [coat of arms]; Leon Gruel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters