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Portrait of the Evangelist Mark
(Medieval Europe , 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.
Abbey of St. Peter, Reichenau (?), mid-11th century. A German Library, 19th century [1]. Sir Thomas Brooke (through the dealer G. I. Ellis), Huddersfield, Yorkshire, after 1854. Ingraham Brooke, Sotheby's March 7, 1913, lot 8. Leon Gruel, Paris, after 1913; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1] no. 203
Exhibitions
| 1990-1991 | The Book and the Author: Portraits of the Evangelists in Eastern and Western Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Germany, Reichenau (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 1/8 x W: 6 9/16 in. (23.1 x 16.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.7.67V
