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Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters

1832
Not on view
Delacroix produced this sumptuous watercolor on a trip to North Africa in 1832. He accompanied his friend the Count de Mornay on his mission as good-will ambassador to the Sultan of Morocco, Abd-er-Rahman II. Assigned to the delegation as dragoman was the Jewish interpreter Abraham Ben-Chimol (Abraham Benchimol) of Tangiers, who introduced the Frenchmen to his wife and to his daughter, pictured here in her bridal attire. In his "Journal," Delacroix described in extensive detail a Jewish wedding he attended in Tangiers on February 21, 1832.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters
  • Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
  • Date: 1832
  • Medium: Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
  • Dimensions: 8-3/4 x 6-3/8 in. (22.2 x 16.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
  • Object Number: 1972.118.210
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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