An Elderly Jew and a Muslim Tartar in the Crimea

1837

Auguste Raffet

Artist, French, 1804 - 1860

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.5 x 33 cm (9 1/4 x 13 in.)

  • Accession

    2003.81.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Prince Demidoff (Lugt 2127). (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Vernet to Villon: Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK, 2012, no. 11.

Bibliography

1976

  • Paul Prouté S.A. Dessins / Estampes. Paris, 2003: no. 28.

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: Juif Karaïme / Bakschigarai. 19 Août; lower right in black chalk: tatare mahométan arrivant de la Mecque--20 Août; upper right in brown ink: 85

Wikidata ID

Q64536947

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