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Apocalyptic Virgin and Child
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Made for an unidentified woman, who may have been a member of the congregation of St. Agnes in Delft and who may have been related to Catherine of Cleves based on heraldic evidence, kneeling in prayer to the Man of Sorrows in the historiated initial on folio 109r; member of the Sashers family (notes of births 1605-1610 fol. 240r); collection of van der Feer Lader, no. 83 (bookplate, inside upper cover); Ph. J. van Alfen of Doorn, Netherlands (ex libris, inside front cover); sale, Sotheby's December 6, 1971, lot 54; Walters Art Museum, 1971, by purchase.
Geographies
Netherlands, s Hertogenbosch (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 3/4 x W: 4 5/16 in. (14.6 x 11 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1971
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.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.782.15R
