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Capital from the Mosque of El-Aksa (Chapiteau de la mosquée d'El Aksa)

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ (La Vie de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ)
Artist: James Tissot, French, 1836-1902
Medium: Ink on paper mounted on board
Dates: 1886-1887 or 1889
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 3/16 in. (9.8 x 13.1 cm) Mount: 4 3/4 x 5 11/16 in. (12.1 x 14.5 cm)
Inscriptions: Verso on mount: "page 229--La Passion."
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 00.159.356.1
Credit Line: Purchased by public subscription
Image: Overall, 00.159.356.1_cropped_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

Catalogue Description: This is one of five drawings (00.159.356.1-.5) sketched on and later cut from one sheet of paper. The drawings were sketched in three registers and the placement of this drawing was the first register, top left.

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