A Moorish Soldier before a Sunlit Wall

1878

Giuseppe Signorini

Associated Names
Giuseppe Signorini

Artist, Italian, 1857 - 1932

The image shows a person standing against a wall, wearing a traditional outfit with a vest, long-sleeved garment, robe, sash, footwear, and a headpiece with a plume. The person has a beard and long hair, holding a rifle in their right hand. The background is a simple, lightly shaded wall and floor with subtle watercolor textures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 53.3 × 3.3 cm (21 × 1 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.53.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie's Paris, 10 April 2013, no. 145, repro. in color); (Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London); purchased 2014 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • Master Drawings 2014, Stephen Ongpin Fine Art at Mark Murray Fine Paintings, New York, 2014, no. 30 (color).

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

Inscriptions

lower right in brown ink: Giuseppe Signorini / Roma 1878

Wikidata ID

Q64572503