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Zanobi di Benedetto Strozzi (Italian, 1412-1468) (Artist)
1448 (Renaissance)
ink, paint and gold on parchment
(Renaissance Europe , Manuscripts and Rare Books)

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

The Adimari family, Florence, ca. 1448 [family coat of arms on fol. 15r]; Reverend Walter Sneyd, prior to December 16, 1903 [mode of acquisition unknown; Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 16, 1903, lot 555 [note on rear paste-down]; Charles Fairfax Murray, December 16, 1903, by purchase; C. W. Dyson Perrins, 1906; Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 1, 1959, lot 80; Walters Art Museum, December 1, 1959, by purchase.

Exhibitions

1990 Outdoor Space in Medieval Book Illumination. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Geographies

Italy, Florence (Place of Origin)

Measurements

5 1/4 x 3 11/16 in. (13.4 x 9.4 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, 1959

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.767.163R

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Adimari Book of Hours

Zanobi di Benedetto Strozzi (Italian, 1412-1468)
1448 (Renaissance)
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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