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An Encampment in the Atlas Mountains
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Prosper Dorbec in "L'Hellénisme d'Eugène Fromentin," in the "Gazette des Beaux-Arts," 5th per. 9 (1924): 30-31, singled out Fromentin as a classicist among Orientalists. For the painter-writer, according to Dorbec, the desert and the ramparts of Aïn Mahdy became the plains of Ilium. In this spacious view, characteristic of the artist's production in the mid-sixties, the bold silhouettes of the horsemen, their generalized treatment and the essentially static composition reaffirm the classical character of Fromentin's painting.
Shown are a group of Arabs examining a horse being displayed for sale. A rather similar composition, "Horse Market in Algeria," 1867, appeared on the New York art market in 1913. Related studies include a view similar to the group of would-be purchasers in this scene, "Five Standing Arabs," 1874, The William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, 76.36.1; a smaller subject sold in the Verdé-Delisle Collection, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, May 29, 1879, no. 35; and a three-figured composition sold at the Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 12, 1943, no. 26.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Purchased by Goupil & Cie (from the artist), Paris, June 28 1882 [1]; purchased by Schoen à Worms, August 3 1882. Purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, before 1884; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest, Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1] See Goupil & Cie Stockbook 10, Stock No. 16211, Page 222, Row 13.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2010-2011 | 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. |
| 2002-2004 | A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte. |
| 1998 | Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1982 | Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting 1800-1880. Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester; Neuberger Museum, Purchase. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/8/1968 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
| 5/9/2008 | Examination | examined for loan |
Measurements
H: 41 5/16 x W: 56 7/16 in. (105 x 143.3 cm); Framed H with build-up: 59 1/8 x W: 75 3/16 x D: 7 15/16 in. (150.18 x 190.98 x 20.16 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, between 1878 and 1884
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.
37.195