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Chest
(Renaissance Europe )
The panels with late Gothic tracery and decorated with coats of arms, including those of France and Brittany, are original, but the assemblage is 19th-century.
Provenance
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Collection of Émile Gaillard (1821–1902), before 1902 [date and mode of acquisition unknown; Émile Gaillard Sale, Paris, June 8-16, 1904, no. 12 [1]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1904; by bequest to the Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1] Paul Chevallier, Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité de la Renaissance, tapisseries, tableaux anciens composant la Collection Émile Gaillard, sale cat., Paris, 8-16 June 1904, pp. 3-4 (lot 12) and illustrated between pp. 4-5.
Exhibitions
| 1998-2001 | Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
76 x 34 1/4 in. (193 x 87 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1904
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
65.3