Varvara Nikolaevna was born on July 7, 1762. The daughter of Prince Nikolai Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1727–1787) and Princess Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Golovina (1728–1769), she married Prince Sergei Sergeyevich Gagarin (1745–1798)
James B.
This diptych is composed of two rectangular panels of ivory held together with four hinges, allowing it to close like a book. The smooth backs or exteriors reveals the vertical orientation of the ivory grain typical of medieval ivory carving, with the distal end of the ivory tusk facing downward
Ivories-Elephant Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1970 Object Number: 1970.324.8a, b
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.
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.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. p. 40.
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
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.
For artist Kerry James Marshall (American, b. 1955), writing in a foreword for a
Excavated by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 1912. Acquired by Lord Carnarvon in the division of finds. Carnarvon Collection, 1912-1926. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926
London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, p. 80 no. 38. Hayes, William C. 1959.
