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Source Description
In the dimly lit, richly colored interior of a North African shop, a turbaned merchant serves a customer seated on a divan. Kneeling in front is an attendant, and barely discernible in the background is a craftsman at work. To the left, a man smokes a hookah. Villegas has adopted a subject made popular by Mariano Fortuny, but rather than exploring light effects, he provides an almost overwhelmingly detailed array of bric-a-brac. Even the picture frame, custom-ordered for this painting, is inscribed in Naskh script: "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet."
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Document identity
localId
34525
label
The Slipper Merchant
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
34525
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
The Slipper Merchant
description
In the dimly lit, richly colored interior of a North African shop, a turbaned merchant serves a customer seated on a divan. Kneeling in front is an attendant, and barely discernible in the background is a craftsman at work. To the left, a man smokes a hookah. Villegas has adopted a subject made popular by Mariano Fortuny, but rather than exploring light effects, he provides an almost overwhelmingly detailed array of bric-a-brac. Even the picture frame, custom-ordered for this painting, is inscribed in Naskh script: "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet."
provenance
William T. Blodgett Sale, New York, 1876, no. 60; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1872
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
oil paintings (visual works)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
48.3
height
65
dimensionsRaw
H: 19 x W: 25 9/16 in. (48.3 x 65 cm); Framed H: 36 1/8 × W: 42 3/4 × D: 5 1/4 in. (91.76 × 108.59 × 13.34 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: Villegas; [Date] Lower left: 1872
med
oil on canvas
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7415
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EAN
exhibition_ids
2204
3300
3257
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1
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0
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photo
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