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Guillaume de Roville (Printer)
Andrea Alciati (Italian, 1492-1550) (Author)
1548
woodcut print on paper; vellum with green fabric
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)

Illustrated (engravings).; Page 57r: "The Impossible" [Washing the Ethiopian White]

Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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2012-2013 Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton.
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France, Lyon (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Closed H: 7 1/2 x W: 5 3/8 x D: 1 in. (19.1 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm); Folio 57r H: 7 1/2 x W: 4 15/16 in. (19 x 12.5 cm); Open H: 7 1/2 x W: 8 1/2 x D: 4 in. (19.05 x 21.59 x 10.16 cm)

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Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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92.24.3

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Guillaume de Roville
1548 (Renaissance)
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