Labor of the Month of April: Women Planting a Garden in Quadrants

ca. 1510

6.2 cm 9 cm

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Order characterized the medieval garden: herbs and flowers were planted in a level place, organized in a grid by type (for example, fragrant and medicinal herbs in one section, flowering plants in another), and exposed to the sun. Here, an elegantly dressed lady holding a rosa...

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Unknown Spanish owner [1], 19th century. Léon Gruel, Paris, ca. 1850-75 [2]. Peter Marié [ca. 1825-1903], New York, late 19th century; Peter Marié Sale, New York, 1903, lot 567. George Richmond, New York; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Inscriptions in lower margins on fols. 47v (""S. Catalina"") and 54v (""Sancta Magdalen"") indicate Spanish ownership[2] Stamped in red capitals on front endleaf: GRUEL
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