Casket with the Story of the Prodigal Son

1560 (Renaissance)

29.3 cm 19.8 cm

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The coats of arms on the lid indicate that the casket was a gift to Viktor von Gumppenberg zu Schenkenau, governor of Schrobenhausen, at his wedding on February 4, 1560. He was in the service of Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria, and his wife was a lady-in-waiting to the duchess. T...

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Raoul Heilbronner; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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