Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The Money Tree

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Anonymous, French
16th century

The Money Tree

Blue, green, red, and yellow pot metal and uncolored glass, with vitreous paint and silver stain.
AZ256
Provenance

Acquired by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York, and installed in his library 1907-1909.

Summary

Five achers, including one monk an a child, and a dog carrying an arrow, take aim at money hanging from a tree. Foliate and grotesque border along two vertical edges. Banderole in tree inscribed "Il nya petit ne grant qui ne tire a l'or et a l'argent". Banderole in border, divided between left and right, reads "Tout de Dieu."

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