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Source Description
Books were among the many objects collected by Madame de Pompadour, including this beautifully bound Christian devotional book called a Book of Hours. While Pompadour’s bindings were usually stamped with her coat of arms, the monogram in the center of this binding is unusual. It relates to a group of objects in various media that Pompadour commissioned around the theme of love and friendship. On the binding, the initials of Pompadour and her friend and lover, the king, are depicted as intertwined floral garlands.
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Document identity
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17938
label
Heures Nouvelles a L'Usage des Laics, suivant le Nouveau Breviaire.
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book
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3
Source metadata
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17938
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book
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normalized
title
Heures Nouvelles a L'Usage des Laics, suivant le Nouveau Breviaire.
description
Books were among the many objects collected by Madame de Pompadour, including this beautifully bound Christian devotional book called a Book of Hours. While Pompadour’s bindings were usually stamped with her coat of arms, the monogram in the center of this binding is unusual. It relates to a group of objects in various media that Pompadour commissioned around the theme of love and friendship. On the binding, the initials of Pompadour and her friend and lover, the king, are depicted as intertwined floral garlands.
provenance
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1743
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CC0
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en
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books
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3
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3
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no
Source extras
dimensions
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cm
width
14.6
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9
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calfskin with colored leather onlays, gilding, gouache under mica
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4915
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EAN
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3390
dimensionsRaw
Binding H: 5 3/4 × W: 3 9/16 in. (14.6 × 9 cm)
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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3
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photo
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