Charlemagne and the Kings of France in a Garden

late 15th century

28 cm 39 cm

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Eight kings sit in a walled garden with beds of flowering plants arranged in a checkerboard pattern. In place of a fountain (a typical structure in medieval gardens), a tent houses a blue lily, and before it, two angels flank a coat of arms with the French fleur-de-lis emblem....

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Acquired by Léon Gruel, Paris, early 20th century (?); purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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