Initial V with Godefroy de Bouillon and Four Knights
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
Provenance
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Gordon of Buthlaw, mid 19th century [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, London, 1861, no. CLIV; Sale, Sotheby's, London, March 16, 1903, lot 689; Léon Gruel, Paris, March 16, 1903, by purchase [Gruel and Engelmann bookplate 'No 138']; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
2016-2017 | Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
Geographies
France, Picardy (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 3/8 x W: 9 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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W.137.15R