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Heures Nouvelles a L'Usage des Laics, suivant le Nouveau Breviaire.
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, 18th and 19th Centuries )
Books were among the many objects collected by Madame de Pompadour, including this beautifully bound Christian devotional book called a Book of Hours. While Pompadour’s bindings were usually stamped with her coat of arms, the monogram in the center of this binding is unusual. It relates to a group of objects in various media that Pompadour commissioned around the theme of love and friendship. On the binding, the initials of Pompadour and her friend and lover, the king, are depicted as intertwined floral garlands.
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.
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 2016 | Madame de Pompadour, Patron and Printmaker. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 8/21/2016 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Binding H: 5 3/4 × W: 3 9/16 in. (14.6 × 9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or 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.
92.90