Frontispiece to St. Luke's Gospel

Object Details

• Description

  Frontispiece to St. Luke's Gospel: St. Luke writing, --- seated before a lectern. Color on a gold ground (worn). Three inscriptions. On the back: a transfer (in reverse) of the synaxarion written on a preceding page.

• Provenance

  To 1933

  Paul Mallon, Paris. [1]

  From 1933

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Paul Mallon, Paris. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Christian Art (December 1, 1971 to April 7, 1978)

  Christian Art (January 1, 1963 to May 15, 1968)

  Untitled Exhibition, Armenian and Byzantine Art (July 28, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, East Corridor (October 26 to November 10, 1955)

  Special Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts and East Christian Art (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, 1947 (June 18, 1947 to October 26, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts, Gallery 6, 1947 (April 23 to October 3, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts (December 20, 1944 to October 6, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Paul Mallon (1884-1975)

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1100s

• Name

  Paul Mallon

• Topic

  Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art

• Culture

  Christians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Paintings