1920s, collection of Kaiky Muncherjee, Aden; [Gazdar Bros., Bombay]; 1943, bought by Joseph Brummer from Gazdar Bros., Bombay (Brummer inv. no. N5562); acquired by the Museum in 1947, purchased from the estate of Joseph Brummer, New York
Le Caire: Société royale de géographie d’Égypte, p. 106, p. 108, pl.
L’art et les artistes, n.s., 15 (October 1927), p. 20, ill. p. 3.
The son of a London barber and wigmaker, Turner dominated English landscape and marine painting in the first half of the nineteenth century. He studied in the Royal Academy schools from 1789 and first showed a painting at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1796; he was elected an academician in 1802 and continued to exhibit until 1850
London, 1862, vol. 1, p. 290; vol. 2, p. 402, as "merely a landing-place and shed
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Krekeler, P. Roelofs, I. Verslype, B. van Kooij, and A. van Loon.
New York: Dutton Publishing, 1970. no. 113, p. 149. Beeson, Nora B., ed.
Lantern Recent studies point to the production of glazed ceramics in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Syria at multiple locations and indicate that several types were produced at each of the various centers
See, for example, Watson 2004, p. 289. 2.
Tunic with Dionysos and Dionysian ThemesA longer, wider version of the tunic was the ubiquitous garment of the Late Antique period. This tunic is one of four in the Museum’s collection said to be from Akhmim, an ancient weaving center and apparently a center of both pagan and Christian thought and religion
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995. no. 31, listed p.46, ill. fig. 10
1911–13, excavated under the direction of Baron Max von Oppenheim; ceded to Baron Max von Oppenheim in the division of finds; acquired by the Museum in 1943, purchased from the Alien Property Custodian, New York
VI B. Crawford, Vaughn E. et al. 1966.
him in Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts & Manufactures at Leeds, May 1875 (catalogue p
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Circus Sideshow and Seurat’s Career: Circus Sideshow is one of only six major figure paintings Seurat created during his short but influential career. Born and raised in Paris as the son of a customs official, he pursued classical art training, including at least three years at the École des Beaux-Arts, and spent a year (1879–80) in military service in Brest before establishing himself as a professional artist in France’s capital city
B[ernheim].-J[eune]; dates it 1887–88.). Paris. Bernheim-Jeune.
