Leaf from Lace Book of Marie de' Medici: John the Baptist Baptizing Christ

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Marie de Medici, 2nd quarter 17th century. Baron d'Heiss, Paris, 2nd half 18th century [1]; Sale, Paris, March 7 1785, lot 358 [2]. Duchesse de Berry, 19th century [3]; Sale, Paris, March 22 1864, lot 3 [4]; purchased by M. de Machy, March 22 1864. Léon Gruel (?), Paris, late 19th-early 20th century [5]. Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1905; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Inscribed ""o Ep"" on front flyleaf i, r; ""40D168. 1776"" on back flyleaf i, r[2] Front flyleaf iii, r inscribed ""No. 358. B. d'Heiss""[3] Inscribed ""Duchesse de Berry No. 15"" on front flyleaf i, r[4] ""3"" inscribed on front flyleaf i, r[5] Gruel's ownership of the manuscript is assumed given his careful replication of the binding on a printed book for Henry Walters ca. 1920, however there is no evidence in the manuscript to connect it with Gruel (he usually applied his bookplate inside), and as Walters owned the lace book by 1905, it is possible he obtained it elsewhere and only asked Gruel to replicate the binding; French book dealer Damascene Morgand published the lace book in 1886 while it was still in Machy's collection, and it is possible it could have gone through his hands later, as Walters purchased many books from him as well

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