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Adimari Book of Hours
Provenance
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The Adimari family, Florence, ca. 1448 [family coat of arms on fol. 15r]; Reverend Walter Sneyd, prior to December 16, 1903 [mode of acquisition unknown; Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 16, 1903, lot 555 [note on rear paste-down]; Charles Fairfax Murray, December 16, 1903, by purchase; C. W. Dyson Perrins, 1906; Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 1, 1959, lot 80; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, December 1, 1959, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 2005-2006 | Dressed in Gold: Books of the Italian Renaissance. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2002 | A Renaissance Gem Revealed: Petrarch's Triumphs Disbound. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1994-1995 | The Gothic Illuminators of Florence. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
| 1989-1990 | Manuscript Painting in the Renaissance. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1990 | Outdoor Space in Medieval Book Illumination. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1987-1988 | The Nativity in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1988 | Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1984-1985 | Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Italy, Florence (Place of Origin)
Measurements
5 1/4 x 3 11/16 in. (13.4 x 9.4 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1959
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.767
