Illustrated Manuscript Page from a Bestiary (Wolf)

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Photo by John Bentham.
Illustrated Manuscript Page from a Bestiary (Wolf)
Photo by John Bentham.
Date16th century
MediumGouache, ink, and gilt on paper
DimensionsComposition: 7 in. × 4 1/8 in. (17.8 × 10.5 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 3/8 in. (21 × 13.7 cm) Support: 13 × 9 3/4 in. (33 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1986.29.2
On view
DescriptionThe reverse of this book page (removed at a prior date from the bound volume of which it was originally part) is adhered to a paperboard mount with gelatin adhesive and is therefore not visible. UV light reveals text on the verso, but it is unclear if there is another illustration or not. The text is Persian.
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

2012-2013
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). "Affinity Atlas," October 6, 2012 - April 7, 2013 (brochure).
Provenance 1986: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William G. Roehrick.
Markings Ruler drawn lines along all edges on support and sheet in pencil
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, February 1988, "Acquisitions 1986"
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil at upper center of support: top caley [illegible] (B) II
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: 16th century
Medium: Gouache, ink, and gilt on paper
Object number: 1986.29.3
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: mid-16th century
Medium: Double-sided watercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
Object number: 1986.29.1a-b
The Coming of the Anti-Christ, from "The Nuremberg Chronicle"
Michael Wolgemut
Date: published July 1493
Medium: Woodcut
Object number: 2003.11
The Second Coming, from "The Nuremberg Chronicle"
Michael Wolgemut
Date: published July 1493
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Object number: 2003.10
Photo by John Bentham.
Riza-yi Abbasi
Date: early 17th century
Medium: Ink and gold leaf on paper
Object number: 1962.5
This image is in the public domain.
Johann Schonsperger
Date: 1497
Medium: Double-sided woodcut with hand-coloring
Object number: 2003.18a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: unknown
Medium: Double-sided ink, gold paint, and opaque watercolor on paper
Object number: 1985.3a-b
© Jeffrey Gibson. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College…
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2015
Medium: Glass and plastic beads, tin cones, steel and brass studs, nylon fringe, and artificial sinew on repurposed wool army blanket, mounted on repurposed canvas punching bag with steel chain
Object number: 2016.5
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
Compote
Sèvres Manufactory
Date: 1846
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze
Object number: 1992.43a-b
Blackburnian Warbler, plate 135 from "The Birds of America"
John James Audubon
Date: published 1832
Medium: Engraving and aquatint with hand-coloring
Object number: 1985.20
Photograph by John Bentham.
Rob Fischer
Date: 2006
Medium: Reclaimed wood, with traces of paint, and steel
Object number: 2012.3.5