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Man Throwing a Stone
ca. 1520 (Early Modern)
wood (oak), paint
(Renaissance Europe )
(Renaissance Europe )
This finely carved figure of a man is dressed, except for his fanciful hat, as a mercenary soldier. He is depicted throwing stones (or possibly clods of earth or pieces of gnarled wood) and is likely from a group representing the Stoning of Saint Stephen.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Delannoy; Sale, Arnold Seligmann and Rey, New York, January 12, 1922; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany, Swabia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
32 1/16 x 10 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (81.5 x 25.8 x 13.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922
Location in Museum
Centre Street: Third Floor: 15th-Century Art of Northern Europe
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.
61.137