Initial "D" with Christ Calling Saints Peter and Andrew

With Avv. Vittorio Forti, Rome, by 1952 [1];

Acquired by exchange from Forti by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1952.

NOTES:

[1] Forti (1881–1980) was a manuscript dealer and operated an antiquarian book business with Tammaro De Marinis (1878–1969) from 1904 until around 1914. In May 1952, Forti was staying with his friend John Matouk in New York City when discussions began with the Nelson-Atkins about the manuscript leaf. It is one of three leaves that the museum acquired from Forti (the others are 45-49/1 and 45-49/2), and they were in New York with Forti at the time. Forti left the manuscripts with Matouk when he returned to Rome so that Paul Gardner, museum director, could retrieve the manuscripts the following month for the museum.