2006.50: Arab Encampment at Sunset

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2006.50

People

Charles Théodore Frère (Paris 1814 - 1888 Paris?)

Title

Arab Encampment at Sunset

Other Titles

Former Title: Arab Encampment at Dusk by a River
Former Title: Orientalist View Along the River

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

mid 19th Century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312547

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

20.6 x 32.7 cm (8 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
frame: 38.6 x 50.7 cm (15 3/16 x 19 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r. in black paint: TH. FRERE
• inscription: on back of panel, handwritten in graphite:: Spinney
• inscription: on back of panel, handwritten in graphite: [encircled:] 110
• inscription: on back of panel, handwritten in graphite: R728
• inscription: incised into back of frame: 19M28 / Carrig-Rohane Shop, Inc. / R. C. VOSE / BOSTON #5056

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Frank C. Spinney, Lynn, MA, 1928. Paul William Garber and Philip Garber, Boston, MA, Purchased at auction, 1974, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul William Garber and Philip C. Garber, Class of 1956

Accession Year

2006

Object Number

2006.50

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

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