The Woman in the “Song of Songs”

c. 1886

Alexandre Bida

Artist, French, 1823 - 1895

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with white heightening on blue wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.2 x 17.7 cm (9 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.41

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1985; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Orientalism: A Selection of Prints and Drawings. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013 (no cat.).

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 174 (as "An Arab Leaning on a Rail")(color).

Inscriptions

By artist, lower center in black chalk: B (underlined); by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 11

Wikidata ID

Q64534168

You may be interested in

Loading Results