Mirror Case with the Gift of the Comb

1390-1400 (Medieval)

9.4 cm 9.7 cm 0.8 cm

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A couple is seen in the center of the composition; the gentleman, in belted robe, offers a comb to his lady. She is dressed in a "houppelande," with long pendants from the elbows, and her hair is braided and dressed in a cap over the ears. The landscape consists of a stylized...

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Lord H. Gibson-Carmichael Collection [date and mode of acqusition unknown]; Lord H. Gibson-Carmichael Sale, London, May 12-13, 1902; George R. Harding, London [date and mode of acqusition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.Walters Collection
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