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The image shows one person sitting cross-legged on the floor next to another individual laying down supine. The seated person has a muscular build, a headpiece, and minimal clothing covering the lower body. The surroundings include a clay jar against a plain wall, with a dim and textured background.
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The image shows one person sitting cross-legged on the floor next to another individual laying down supine. The seated person has a muscular build, a headpiece, and minimal clothing covering the lower body. The surroundings include a clay jar against a plain wall, with a dim and textured background.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Arabe veillant le corps de son ami (Arab Watching over the Body of His Friend)

Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Date
1866
Medium
etching and aquatint on buff laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 21.5 × 41.2 cm (8 7/16 × 16 1/4 in.) sheet: 37.1 × 54.8 cm (14 5/8 × 21 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2013.116.1
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of Jimmy and Jessica Younger, Houston
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • funeral
  • ceremony
  • Orientalist
Provenance

(Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Inscription

across lower edge of plate: ARABE VEILLANT LE CORP DE SON AMI; lower right: Fortuny; upper right in image: M Fortuny / roma 1866

NGA object ID 163157. 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.