Fragment of a Console Depicting Lai d'Aristotle
(Medieval Europe )
This fragment of a console depicts a scene from the "Lai d'Aristotle" in the Cathedral of St. Jean in Lyon. The piece is said to have been acquired by a soldier who got it from a burned church. The piece is possibly from the Cathedral at Lyon.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Cathedral at Lyon (?); Anonymous soldier [Said by Brummer to have been acquired from a soldier who got it from a burned church, possibly from the Cathedral at Lyon]; Joseph Brummer [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase [Inv. no. M 173, see also Brummer's invoice]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 5 1/16 in. (12.8 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.
27.268