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The Small Garden of Love

Master of the Gardens of Love (Netherlandish, active in 1440–1450)

1440–50

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 8.5 x 19.9 cm (3 3/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession number65.594

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ClassificationsPrints

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ProvenanceBy 1860, the Dukes of Arenberg, Brussels [see note 1]; until 1952, by descent within the family to Engelbert-Charles, 10th Duc d'Arenberg (b. 1901 - d. 1974), Monte Carlo; 1952, consigned for sale by the Duc d'Arenberg to Jacques Seligmann and Co., New York (stock no. 8289); January 18, 1955, sold by Seligmann to Richard H. Zinser (dealer; b. 1884 - d. 1984), Forest Hills, NY; 1965, sold by Zinser to the MFA for $30,000. (Accession Date: May 12, 1965)

NOTES:
[1] Johann David Passavant, Le peintre-graveur, vol. 1 (Leipzig, 1860), p. 203. [2] Archives of American Art, Jacques Seligmann and Co. Papers, Series 2, Collectors Files, Box 229, folder 10, Arenberg Engravings. Also see Engravings from the Celebrated Collection of the Dukes d'Arenberg (Jacques Seligmann and Co., New York, 1955), cat. no. 15.