PanelOne of the most fascinating and mysterious objects of early Islamic art in the Museum’s collection, this wood panel was acquired in 1937 from the dealer Paul Mallon in Paris
I. 5684 a-b); Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (nos. 9518, 11636); Museum of Archaeology
Classification: Vases Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924 Object Number: 24.97.21a, b
New York, 1995, p. 240, ill. p. 241. Catherine Dean. Klimt.
"The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1944–1947," New York, 1971, p. 103]. Thomas B.
From the north nave of the former Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein in Rheinland-Pflaz (Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis), near Koblenz, Germany; Count Hermann Pückler, Muskau (from 1818) ; [ Frédéric Spitzer Austrian, Paris (from at least 1875-1893)] ; his posthumous sale, Chevallier & Mannheim, Paris (April 17–June 16, 1893, nos
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983. no. 29, p. 372.
Mosque LampThis lamp has a flattened, almost globular body with a long flared neck and a low folded foot. Three suspension loops are attached to the body. The enameled and gilded decoration consists of three main registers and four narrower bands of continuous vegetal patterns
P.
African king Jugurtha, in chains, walking before him, an event that took place in 104 B.C
B. Tiepolo: la sua vita e le sue opere.
Although a virtual contemporary of Jacopo Bellini, Giambono represents the final flowering of Late Gothic painting in Venice. It was the combined presence in Venice of Michelino da Besozzo, Gentile da Fabriano, and Pisanello that provided the reference points for his refined style, with its combination of decorative richness and acute description of flora and fauna
B[attista]. Cavalcaselle. 2nd ed. [1st ed. 1871].
There is no record of this picture prior to its purchase between 1882 and 1884 by William Graham (1817–1885), a Glasgow merchant, major supporter of the Pre-Raphaelites, and notable collector of early Italian paintings
London, 1909, p. 83 n. 1, pp. 88–89, 267, 272, ill. opp. p. 88, include it in a
Hirschland, 1980 Object Number: 1981.57.2a, b Inscription: [ A. S.
