Commissioned by Ẹsìgie (r. ca. 1517–50), Benin City; by descent to Òvá»�Ì�nránmwẹ̀ (r. 1889–97); removed from the Royal Palace by Sir Ralph Moor, 1897; Sir Ralph Moor and his wife, Adrienne Moor, London, 1897–1909; John Sparks, London, 1909; Prof
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Commissioned by Ẹsìgie (r. ca. 1517–50), Benin City; by descent to Òvá»�Ì�nránmwẹ̀ (r. 1889–97); removed from the Royal Palace by Sir Ralph Moor, 1897; Sir Ralph Moor and his wife, Adrienne Moor, London, 1897–1909; John Sparks, London, 1909; Prof
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1996.
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Over the next decades nine of the leaves went to the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington
[Dr. Marcel Lheureux, Paris, acquired 1920s]; P. Alsace; [John J. Klejman, New York, until 1960]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1960–1964; The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1964–1978
Washington, DC and New York: Prestel, 2007. LaGamma, Alisa.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
the Masters of Dutch Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry, Paris, Dublin and Washington
Neel (1984–87; their gift to MMA) Washington, D. C.
The rapid shift from an agrarian to industrial economy and the growth of the business sector, with their attendant social and economic dislocations, spurred the development of a powerful ideology in which private and public spheres were considered antithetical.
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Savage, Kirk.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
The exhibition will then travel to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, followed
