Two men are depicted in reclined positions. The man on the left is lying on his side with one arm propped under his head. He has a focused expression, a beard, and is wearing a headscarf, tunic, and cloak. The man next to him sits with his arms on his knees, his head slightly tilted. He displays a contemplative expression and wears a headscarf and cloak. In front of them is a long stick or rifle, a sack, and a small water vessel. The background shows sparse vegetation and distant figures on horseback and a person walking. The image is in sepia tone.
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Two men are depicted in reclined positions. The man on the left is lying on his side with one arm propped under his head. He has a focused expression, a beard, and is wearing a headscarf, tunic, and cloak. The man next to him sits with his arms on his knees, his head slightly tilted. He displays a contemplative expression and wears a headscarf and cloak. In front of them is a long stick or rifle, a sack, and a small water vessel. The background shows sparse vegetation and distant figures on horseback and a person walking. The image is in sepia tone.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Arabes d'Oran

Eugène Delacroix

Date
1833
Medium
lithograph on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 14.4 x 19 cm (5 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 24.2 x 32.4 cm (9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1999.111.11
Credit line
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • lithograph
  • group
  • figure
  • travel
  • genre
  • Orientalism
Provenance

Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Pittsburgh; gift to NGA, 1999.

Inscription

lower right in image: Eug Delacroix; lower right below image: Eug. Delacroix sc.; lower left below image: Revue encyclopédique 1897; across lower center: ARABES D'ORAN; lower right below image: Imp. Chardon-Wittmann; by later hand, lower left in graphite: H-D 4/72/410/2 …

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