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Figaro's Shop
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In this scene set in Rome, a young gypsy strums a guitar while a priest and a couple of men in frock coats play a game of checkers. The barber pulls up a chair to join them. The artist has provided a wealth of descriptive details, including caged birds, a copper barber's bowl suspended over the door, and graffiti on the wall. Jiménez, an artist from Seville, joined Mariano Fortuny's circle of Spanish artists in Rome in 1871. Like them, he displayed remarkable technical skills in his humorous depictions of daily life.
Inscription
Provenance
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Purchased by Goupil et Cie (from the artist), Paris, May 13 1875; purchased by Knoedler & Co., New York, July 1875; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, October 2 1875; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1970 | Fortuny and His Circle. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/1/1949 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 7/3/1991 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
Geographies
Italy, Rome
(Place of Origin)
Italy (Kid-Friendly)
Measurements
H: 15 7/8 × W: 22 11/16 × D: 7/16 in. (40.32 × 57.63 × 1.11 cm); Framed H: 29 5/8 × W: 36 5/8 × D: 5 13/16 in. (75.25 × 93.03 × 14.76 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.4