A Cairo Bazaar
Dauzats visited Egypt in 1830, nearly a decade before he produced this sketchlike painting on wood panel, whose surface is exceptionally well preserved. The artist’s early training as a painter of set designs for the theater is evident in the dramatic sweep of the view, the play of light and shadow, and the minarets and dome of a mosque delineated against evanescent clouds.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Cairo Bazaar
- Artist: Adrien Dauzats (French, Bordeaux 1804–1868 Paris)
- Date: 1839
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 7 in. (24.8 x 17.8 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.209
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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