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The Hague, KB, 74 G 39
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Contents:
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Book of Hours (`Hours of Catharine de Medici'; use of Rome)
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Place of origin, date:
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France; c. 1560
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Material:
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Vellum, ff. 104, 103x71 (77x45) mm, 17 lines, several calligraphic scripts, Binding: contemporary red leather; gilt; with the interlaced initials "H" and "C" of Catherine de Medici and Henri II the King of France
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Decoration:
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8 full-page miniatures (75x50 mm); 1 full-page miniature (coat of arms; 75x45 mm); decorated initials (ff. 40r, 40v, 41v, 42v, 44r, etc.)
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Provenance:
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made c. 1560 for Catherine de Medici after the death of King Henry II of France (d. 1558); by descent to her son King Charles IX of France (inscription). Purchased in 1750 at the sale of J.H. van Wassenaer-van Obdam at P. de Hondt, The Hague (cat. 10 August, p. 63 no.800) by Jean Royer, pastor of the Église Wallone at The Hague and offered to Stadholder William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau; by descent to his son Stadholder William V and his grandson King William I of The Netherlands, who ceded it to the KB in 1816
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