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
Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
Caption: James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Capital from the Mosque of El-Aksa (Chapiteau de la mosquée d’El Aksa), 1886-1887 or 1889. Ink on paper mounted on board, Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 3/16 in. (9.8 x 13.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.356.1
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.

collection credit:  The Brooklyn Museum