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The image shows two men and a horse in a desert setting. One man is seated on the ground with one leg bent, bearded with curly hair, wearing a headdress and patterned robes. The second man is offering a cup to the seated man, wearing a sleeveless garment and a cap. The horse stands between them, decorated with tasselled tack. A dog is drinking water on the left side of the image. The background features an arid landscape with minimal detail.
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The image shows two men and a horse in a desert setting. One man is seated on the ground with one leg bent, bearded with curly hair, wearing a headdress and patterned robes. The second man is offering a cup to the seated man, wearing a sleeveless garment and a cap. The horse stands between them, decorated with tasselled tack. A dog is drinking water on the left side of the image. The background features an arid landscape with minimal detail.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Arabe du désert (Desert Arab)

Antoine-Jean Gros

Date
1817
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 18.8 x 26.4 cm (7 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.) sheet: 26.8 x 35.6 cm (10 9/16 x 14 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2012.67.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • lithograph
  • Dog
  • Horse
  • Costume
  • Man
  • Spear
Provenance

Daniel Bell; (Conrad Graeber Fine Art, Riderwood, MD); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in stone: Gros. 1817. ; lower center in stone: Arabe du désert; lower right: Lithog. de C. de Lasterpie; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: ofro / & MG / 830745

NGA object ID 159218. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.