Description
The term "hockey" was first documented in 1363. Here, several youths play a rigorous game, wielding their curved sticks with great skill.
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.