Arabs Crossing a Ford
Artist: Eugène Fromentin (French, 1820–1876)
Original Dimensions: 20" x 24 1/2"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1873) "Fromentin’s three sojourns in French-occupied Algeria, between 1846 and 1853, served as the basis for paintings and books that garnered him a reputation as a leading exponent of Orientalism. This late example was painted to order for New York collector Catharine Lorillard Wolfe. The composition exists in two versions; the other one (private collection) is undated, and it has not been established which came first." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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