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Source Description
This may be a study for a lost painting or an illustration known only as a grisaille (a monochrome) titled "Arabs at Prayer," which shows a group of men, seen from behind, in the interior of a mosque. This lost work is reproduced on page 305 of Gerald A. Ackerman's annotated reissued version of the drawings course that Bargue put together with fellow French academic painter, Jean-Léon Gérôme. This became the leading resource for teaching drawing in the second half of the 19th century."Moslem at Prayer" was one of four drawings purchased in June 1883 from Goupil by George Lucas, William T. Walters' primary dealer in Paris. Walters' interest in images of prayer dated back to the early 1860s, when he filled two entire albums with such works.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
33847
label
Moslem at Prayer
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
33847
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Moslem at Prayer
description
This may be a study for a lost painting or an illustration known only as a grisaille (a monochrome) titled "Arabs at Prayer," which shows a group of men, seen from behind, in the interior of a mosque. This lost work is reproduced on page 305 of Gerald A. Ackerman's annotated reissued version of the drawings course that Bargue put together with fellow French academic painter, Jean-Léon Gérôme. This became the leading resource for teaching drawing in the second half of the 19th century."Moslem at Prayer" was one of four drawings purchased in June 1883 from Goupil by George Lucas, William T. Walters' primary dealer in Paris. Walters' interest in images of prayer dated back to the early 1860s, when he filled two entire albums with such works.
provenance
Goupil, Paris; purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, 1883; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1883
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16.7
height
25.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 9/16 x W: 9 15/16 in. (16.7 x 25.3 cm); Mat H: 14 1/4 × W: 19 1/4 in. (36.2 × 48.9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
""C. Bargue"" in black ink
lower right; ""57"" in graphite
upper right
verso.
med
charcoal on smooth, moderately thick, blued white wove paper
creator_ids
4446
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1993
2069
190
2627
432
3391
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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c12d3a2a0967dbee
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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fb8ec362f2841af0
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no
hasDescription
no