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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
- 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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