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The Halt
(18th and 19th Centuries )
At the base of a slope, presumably a foothill of the Tell Mountains, a caravan of mules has come to rest. At the right are the muleteers and their horses. A fortified building stands out against the sky and stretching beyond is the sea.
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Provenance
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Lepel-Cointet, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lepel-Cointet Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, June 9-10, 1881, no. 12; William Schaus, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1884, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 19 5/8 x W: 24 11/16 in. (49.8 x 62.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1884
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.126