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Source Description
In this charming image, a young boy has climbed a tree and is swinging from one of its limbs. This is an extremely rare depiction, and it has nothing to do with the text it accompanies (Psalm 5, a reading for the dead) but is simply an opportunity for the artist to have fun. The small size of the tree in comparison with the child focuses our attention on his antics, inviting us to imagine ourselves as carefree.
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Document identity
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81323
label
Youth Swinging from a Tree
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object
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Source metadata
id
81323
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object
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normalized
title
Youth Swinging from a Tree
description
In this charming image, a young boy has climbed a tree and is swinging from one of its limbs. This is an extremely rare depiction, and it has nothing to do with the text it accompanies (Psalm 5, a reading for the dead) but is simply an opportunity for the artist to have fun. The small size of the tree in comparison with the child focuses our attention on his antics, inviting us to imagine ourselves as carefree.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1894, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1300 (Gothic)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
leaves (folios)
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11
height
7
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 5/16 x W: 2 3/4 in. (11 x 7 cm)
Source extras
med
parchment with ink and paint
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6229
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MSS
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2829
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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b829bb9280d307b9
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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7b9c3c4eb5badb5f
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no
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no