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Children Playing
(Renaissance Europe )
This plaque is one of four which were the ends of the lids of two caskets decorated with allegorical children's games.
Here, three nude boys are pursued by an alert dog. One is seen from behind and carrying a basket; the second runs away; the third, holding a bone, tumbles on the ground.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 5/16 x W: 5 13/16 in. (8.4 x 14.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910
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.
44.155
