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Leaf from the Life of the Virgin: Death and Assumption of Mary

Ambrogio Traversari (Italian, 1386 - 1439) (Scribe)
Venetian (Artist)
ca. 1440-1450 (early Renaissance)
ink, tempera paint and gold leaf on parchment
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Medieval Europe )

Three Apostles and Mary. Christ holds her body in aureole of Seraphs.

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.

Congregatione de Sancto Domenego de Bologna, Bologna, ca. 1500 [fol. 1v flyleaf]; Abbate mateo Canonici [collection no. 300]; Rev. Walter Sneyd, 1835, by purchase [circular bookplate on front flyleaf]; Rev. Walter Sneyd Sale, London, 1903, no. 481; Bernard (?)] Quaritch, 1903, by purchase; Olschki Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1907, by purchase [invoice Nov. 24, 1905; described in a letter of Dec. 20, 1906]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1953-1954 Flight, Fantasy, Faith, Fact. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton.
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Italy (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Folio H: 13 1/4 x W: 9 1/16 in. (33.7 x 23 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1907

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.351.36R

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Ambrogio Traversari (Italian, 1386 - 1439)
ca. 1440-1450 (early Renaissance)
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