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Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ali Arabi (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Provenance
- Monastery of the Vine-dresser, near Giza, Egypt [1]
- To 1906
- Ali Arabi, Giza, Egypt, to 1906 [2]
- From 1906 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ali Arabi in Giza, Egypt, on December 19, 1906 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] See object file for F1906.274, folder sheet note, Fr. Theodore Peterson, St. Paul's College, Catholic University, 1957.
- [2] For purchase information, see object file for F1906.274. Also see Original Miscellaneous List, Biblical Mss. Section, S.I. 1467, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [3] See note 2.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 7th century
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Accession Number
- F1906.298
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Encaustic painting on wooden panel
- Dimensions
- H x W: 21.3 x 14.3 cm (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- The Story of the Beautiful
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Christianity
- Egypt
- Biblical Manuscripts
- Saint Mark
- Saint Luke
- Byzantine period (330 - 1453)
- Record ID
- fsg_F1906.298
