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Comb with Secular Scenes
(Renaissance Europe )
The comb, which has floral terminals, has on one side a scene of a man and seated woman preparing to play "kick foot" in a tilt yard as spectators watch from behind the railing. On the reverse are two scenes. On the left, two nude boys, one with a bow and the other with a hand cannon, shoot at a sitting duck. On the right, a youth pulls off the stocking of a seated woman. The scenes are set against a coarsely crosshatched ground.
The small and large teeth have all been replaced by sections inset into the frame.
Provenance
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Countess Petronio Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Paris, June 24, 1921, lot 58; H. Wareham Harding, New York [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2017 | The Ivory Mirror: Death and Selfhood in Renaissance Art. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick. |
| 2009 | Romance of the Rose: Visions of Love in Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1995-1996 | Medieval Games of Love and War. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1984-1985 | Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 7/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (11.2 x 15 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1921
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.
71.266