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Apostle
(Medieval Europe )
This apostle was originally attached to a large reliquary or altarpiece. The artist has delighted in the color contrasts, placing a light blue mantle over the yellow and green robe, accented by a red Gospel book. The figure's column-like proportions and simple, straight drapery are characteristic of the Romanesque style at Grandmont Abbey.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Desmottes, Paris; Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 19-23, 1900, no. 8; Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, ca. 1922, by purchase; Lehmann, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 5, 1925, no. 311; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1970 | The Year 1200. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
| 1962 | The Arts of Man. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas. |
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
5 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in. (14.6 x 3.4 x 0.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.258