Description
The hockey game on the facing page is surprisingly paired here with monks enjoying a game of blind-man's bluff, a form of tag. The seated monk's hood covers his eyes so that he only hears his teasing companions. Blindly, he must tag another player and make him "it."
Provenance
Unknown owner, Italy, ca. 1546 [1]. Acquired by Leo S. Olschki, Florence [2]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912 [3]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1] Effaced inscription, on fol. 1r, Rome; Italian entry beneath dated Nov. 1, 1546, reading, "A.Q.D.C.R. Addi pmo novembr .M.D. xlvi in Ra"
[2] On front pastedown, "45" and inventory number "31457".
[3] Invoice number 45, see Walters archives.