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Mirror Cover with a Lover Crowned
(Medieval Europe )
This ivory, once the protective case for a disk-shaped mirror, represents a young man who kneels and is crowned with a wreath by his lady. The whole has a circular frame and originally had four crouching monsters filling the four corners, three of which still remain.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Victor Gay, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 23, 1909, no. 76; Jacques Seligmann, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995-1996 | Medieval Games of Love and War. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: H: 3 1/2 × W: 3 1/4 × D: 3/8 in. (8.89 × 8.26 × 0.95 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
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.
71.284