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Show Munkacsy 'a Customer. It is not generally known that the first patron of Miohael Munkacsy, known to the world as the painter of ' "Christ Before Pilate," was an American, Amer-ican, a gentleman from Philadelphia, who passed through Dusseldorf when Munkacsy was a young and struggling artist The American became convinced that the young Hungarian's pictures had merit. He bought one, took it to Paris and sent it to the salon, where it was promptly placed and attracted a great deal of attention. |