Excavated by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 1911. Acquired by Carnarvon in the division of finds. Carnarvon Collection, 1911–1926. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926
The statuettes of the child Amenemhab (26.7.1413a, b) and Huwebenef were found inside
1902, excavated under the direction of R. Koldewey on behalf of the German Oriental Society; 1926, ceded to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum, in the division of finds; acquired by the Museum in 1931, purchased from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
Louchheim, Aline B. 1949. “Near-Eastern Art Placed on Display: Metropolitan Shows
From the former transept portal of the cathedral of Saint-Lazare at Autun; Roidet-Haudaille (architect), Autun, France ; Abbé Victor Terret, Autun, France ; [ Jean Peslier, Vézelay (sold 1935)] ; [ Brummer Gallery, Paris and New York (1935–1947)]
Autun: Abbé Victor Terret, 1925. p. 50, pl. XLVIII.
From the chapel of Château-de-Bouvreuil, Rouen (destroyed late 16th century; glass installed in the chapel of a building constructed on the same site (late 17th century–early 19th century); [ Art market, rue Saint-Remain, Rouen (sold 1905) ; Albert Gorge, Rouen (1905–sold shortly after 1910) ; [ Bacri Frères, Paris (acquired shortly after 1910–sold before 1935)] ; [ Michel Acézat Paris, 1878–1944 (acquired before 1935–until 1944)] ; his posthumous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (November 24-25, 1969, no
Smithsonian Institution Research Reports 4 (Spring 1973). p. 4.
Dimensions: Overall (a: cope): 58 × 122 1/2 in. (147.3 × 311.1 cm) Overall (b:
Segredakis]; [1930-1947, with Joseph Brummer, New York (P7155)]; May 27, 1947, acquired
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 17, 1959–February 28, 1960. no. 107, p.
1902, excavated under the direction of R. Koldewey on behalf of the German Oriental Society; 1926, ceded to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum, in the division of finds; acquired by the Museum in 1931, purchased from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 3, no. 2.
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.
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
