Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "34036",
    "label": "At the Well",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.100"
}

{
    "id": "34036",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.100",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "At the Well",
    "description": "During French rule in Algeria, which lasted from 1830 to 1962, North Africa played a key role in French life, serving as a training ground for its army and attracting writers and artists. Fromentin, an influential writer and painter, first visited Algeria in 1846 and returned the following year. In 1852-1853, he and his bride took their honeymoon in Algeria, spending two months in the oasis of El Aghouat. As a result of these experiences, Fromentin wrote two books- A Summer in the Sahara (1857) and A Year in the Sahel (1858)- that stimulated widespread interest in the region. In the rendering of the atmosphere, his North African views recall the landscapes of Camille Corot.",
    "provenance": "William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1884 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1875",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.100",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "oil paintings (visual works)",
        "panel paintings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.100_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.100_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.100_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 26,
            "height": 21.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 1/4 x W: 8 7/16 in. (26 x 21.5 cm); Framed H: 19 1/2 x W: 17 7/16 in. (49.53 x 44.29 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Lower right: Eug. Fromentin; [Date] Lower right: 75",
    "med": "oil on panel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4396"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2706"
    ]
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_37.100_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d3e5a4675acaab5d"
}