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Book of Hours
1400-1410
parchment
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.
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.
J. Raulsin de Saint-Nicolas (?), France, 18th century
Bénigne-Charles Fèvret de Saint-Memin, Dijon, c. 1739-92
Léon Gruel, Paris, c. 1900 (?)
Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased 1895-1931
Exhibitions
| 2010-2011 | Beasts on Parchment: Picturing Animals in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2009-2010 | The Christmas Story: Picturing the Birth of Christ in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2004 | Illuminating the Word: Gospel Books in the Middle Ages. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2000 | Small Northern European Portraits from The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. National Gallery of Art, Washington. |
| 1997 | Images of Devotion: Personal Piety in Medieval Manuscripts and Ivories. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1993-1994 | Medieval Writing and Calligraphy. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1990-1991 | The Book and the Author: Portraits of the Evangelists in Eastern and Western Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1989 | Decadent Decades: The Medieval Clothes Horse. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1988 | Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1986-1987 | Puer Natus Est : The Christmas Story in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1968 | A Medieval Treasury: An Exhibition of Medieval Art from the Third to the Sixteenth Century. Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute- Museum of Art, Utica. |
| 1966-1967 | Treasures from Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. |
| 1962 | The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1953-1954 | Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. |
| 1951 | French Painting 1100-1900. Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. |
| 1949 | Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/26/1971 | Treatment | stabilized |
| 11/19/1982 | Examination | examined for loan |
| 12/29/1988 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; stabilized; other |
Measurements
7 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. (19 x 13.7 x 4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
W.231
