Four Scenes from the First Book of Samuel

late 11th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 41.4 x 27.3 cm (16 5/16 x 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1950.16.289

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 1


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 1, repro.

1953

  • Mediaeval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, Los Angeles County Museum, 1953-1954, no. 8.

1960

  • Art of the Romanesque, University Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, IN, 1960-1961, no. 5, repro.

1965

  • Of Time and the Image: Three Periods of Change, Philadelphia College of Art, 1965-1966, no. 20 (as Hannah and Elkanah).

1971

  • A Selection of X-Xv Century Medieval Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971, no. 1.

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 1, repro.

Bibliography

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1975: no. 1.

1997

  • Richler, Martha. National Gallery of Art, Washington: A World of Art. London, 1997: 8-13, color figs. 1 and 2.

Wikidata ID

Q64578939


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