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Source Description
The trials and games of love can be disheartening, but nothing is more rewarding than finally winning someone's affection. Here, two lovers have dispensed with the games and tenderly embrace. As they hold each other tightly, flowers and golden leaves seem to spring from their very bodies, celebrating the blossoming of love within them. Although it may seem inappropriate to pair lovers with an image of Christ's death, they may be intended to remind us of the eternal joy resulting from that event.
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Document identity
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81318
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Tender Embrace
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Source metadata
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81318
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object
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normalized
title
Tender Embrace
description
The trials and games of love can be disheartening, but nothing is more rewarding than finally winning someone's affection. Here, two lovers have dispensed with the games and tenderly embrace. As they hold each other tightly, flowers and golden leaves seem to spring from their very bodies, celebrating the blossoming of love within them. Although it may seem inappropriate to pair lovers with an image of Christ's death, they may be intended to remind us of the eternal joy resulting from that event.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1894 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1425-30 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
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16.7
height
13.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 9/16 x W: 5 1/4 in. (16.7 x 13.3 cm)
Source extras
med
parchment with ink, opaque watercolor, and gold
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5622
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MSS
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2829
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3392
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1
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photo
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e4fc49cb9411defc
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no
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2
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photo
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dc3abc439969d275
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