The Arab Jeweler
Artist: Charles Sprague Pearce (American, 1851–1914)
Original Dimensions: 46" x 35 3/8"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (ca. 1882) "Boston-born Charles Sprague Pearce belonged to the generation of American artists who increasingly settled in France in the post-Civil War years. Like that of his celebrated Parisian teacher, Leon Bonnat, Pearce explored a range of subjects throughout his successful expatriate career. A four-month excursion along the Nile in the early 1870s led to a particular interest in "exotic," or Orientalist themes, such as this ambitious portrayal of a native craftsman." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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