
Enclosed Garden with Calvary and Hunt of the Unicorn
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Enclosed Garden with Calvary and Hunt of the Unicorn
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Title: Enclosed Garden with Calvary and Hunt of the Unicorn
Object type: Enclosed Garden
Maker: anonymous, collaboration
Date: 1520-1530
Medium: mixed media
Dimensions: 125,8 × 159,2 × 33,6 cm
Inventory number: GHZ BH0001
Origin: From the collection of the Mechelen hospital sisters, where it was cherished for almost 500 years. On loan since 1999 to the City of MechelenBarbara Baert, Late Medieval Enclosed Gardens of the Low Countries: Contributions to Gender and Artistic Expression. Leuven, 2016.
Hannah Iterbeke and Lieve Watteeuw, De Besloten Hofjes van Mechelen: Laatmiddeleeuwse paradijstuinen ontrafeld. Veurne/Amsterdam, 2018: 22-23; 76-77.
Camille Poupeye, ‘Les Jardins clos et leurs rapports avec la sculpture malinoise’, Bulletin du Cercle archéologique, littéraire et artistique de Malines 22 (1912): 51-114.
Jan Van der Stock, Op zoek naar Utopia. Leuven, 2016: 214-217.