Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene – Akkadian – Akkadian – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329090
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John Quinn, New York (1923–d. 1924; purchased from the artist in December 1923 for Fr 25,000; his estate, 1924–26; sold in 1926 through Brummer Gallery, New York to Duchamp and Roché); Marcel Duchamp and Henri-Pierre Roché (1926; sold in 1926, for $1,000, to Levy); Edgar A
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Among hanging lighting devices, one type of lamp — globular in shape with a flaring neck — was especially common in Seljuq times. They are commonly called mosque lamps in reference to the enameled lanterns from Mamluk mosques in Cairo, which often include Qur’anic inscriptions
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This arresting portrait of an unidentified young Florentine is dated by most scholars to the 1530s. During that decade Bronzino was often engaged in painting members of a close-knit circle of acquaintances with whom he shared literary interests, and this sitter—who so conspicuously holds open a book—may be from among that group
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William Roper, a Kentish landowner, lawyer, and four-time member of Parliament, was a member of Sir Thomas More’s household for more than sixteen years and married his eldest daughter, Margaret, in 1521
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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 postumous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (November 24-25, 1969, no
collection/search/471893 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471893 Link
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
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This painting, one of the key works of Ter Borch’s maturity, probably dates from about 1660–62. Though it was painted when the artist lived in Deventer, the luxurious interior and elegantly attired figures evoke the cosmopolitan milieu of Amsterdam
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