Dogale for Polo Contarini

Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Exhibitions

The Book within the Book: Images of Books and Readers in Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
Dressed in Gold: Books of the Italian Renaissance. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2005-2006.

Provenance Polo Contarini; Private collection, Russia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

Download Image Add to Collection Creative Commons License

Creator

Doge Alvise Mocenigo I (Italian, 1507-1577) (Author)

Period

1575 (Renaissance)

Medium

parchment bound between red velvet with red cording
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.484

Measurements

9 13/16 x 7 1/16 in. (25 x 18 cm)

Geographies

Italy, Venice (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Binding from Dogale for Polo Contarini	Title
late 16th century (Renaissance)	Period
W.484.binding	Accession

Venezia's Presentation of Comissio to Contarini with Saints, Victory and a Lion	Title
1575 (Renaissance)	Period
W.484.1V	Accession
italian	Tags

Leaf from Dogale for Polo Contarini	Title
1575 (Renaissance)	Period
W.484.2R	Accession