About this work
Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast
Original catalogue wording
1. Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast | 2. His guests sitting and drinking wine
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feastPosition recorded by PEMM: left
How Barok made a feast for our Lady Mary with gifts of an abundance of bread and an abundance of mead; How his attendant gave wine to Barok: Barok's house; The food and the bread
- 022. His guests sitting and drinking winePosition recorded by PEMM: right
The people who feasted in Barok's house; Also the vessels
- Source date
- 1667-1706
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Shelfmark
- 2002.4
- Folio
- 120v
- Recorded provenance
- Originally sold to Sam Fogg, Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, London, by 1998 [research report in curatorial file; Fogg and Hosking, 2001, no. 19]; sold to the Art Institute, 2002. Catalog by Getatchew Haile in PEMM Dropbox
- Place evidence
- Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
- Catalogue source
- Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
- Source record
- paintings.csv, Painting ID 1826 (2 episode rows)