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Seven Scenes from the Story of the Seven Sacraments, Namaan Being Cleansed in the Jordan

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Seven Scenes from the Story of the Seven Sacraments, Namaan Being Cleansed in the Jordan

Date:
ca. 1435–50
Culture:
South Netherlandish
Medium:
Wool warp, wool and silk wefts
Dimensions:
Overall: 91 x 82in. (231.1 x 208.3cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1907
Accession Number:
07.57.3

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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Below Adama and Eve with God the Father and above Marriage: Le sacrement de mariage. dont multiplie hain lignage. moustra dieus quand adam crea. et de sa coste eve fourma. qui fu des femes la premiere. et a adam amie chiere. Below the Anointing of David and above Extreme Unction: Mais la darniere unction. qui contre la temptation. de sa vertu donne vigeur. moustra lunction dhonneur. faite en ebron a david roi. pour estre de plusfort arroi. Below Cleansing if Naaman in the Jordan and above Baptism: ... histores de lescripture ... sait baptesme purgies ... [u]ue (or nne) de jourdaun lavez Below Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh and above Confirmation and Orders: Adfin qua vigheur sabandonnent creatures prelas leu[r donnent.] confirmation et tonsure. et de che samblance en d[roitu]re. Jacob le patriarche fist. qui ses main sur II enf[ants mist].

  • Provenance

    possibly King Juan II of Spain, Alcázar of Segovia, Spain; King Enrique IV of Spain, Alcázar of Segovia, Spain (by descent); Queen Isabel la Católica, Alcázar of Segovia, Spain (in 1503); bequeathed to Capilla Real, Granada (possibly by 1505–sold 1871); Mariano Fortuny Marsal (Spanish, Reus 1838–1874 Rome), Granada and Rome (1871–75); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (Atelier de Fortuny, April 26-30, 1875, no. 139); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (April 23-28, 1888, nos. 613-615); [ Bacri Frères, Paris and New York (sold 1907 to Morgan)]; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (1907)

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