Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
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(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
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.
Gordon of Buthlaw, mid 19th century [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, London, 1861, no. CLIV; Sale, Sotheby's, London, March 16, 1903, lot 689; Léon Gruel, Paris, March 16, 1903, by purchase [Gruel and Engelmann bookplate 'No 138']; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Picardy (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 3/8 x W: 9 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
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.137.1R
