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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, a nude boy holding a horn is attacked by another armed with a club. A Cupid, fallen on his knees, tries to intervene. Between the two boys is scratched a love-knot.
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.
44.156
