Eugène Fromentin (French, 1820-1876)

Halte de muletiers, Algérie

Details

Eugène Fromentin (French, 1820-1876)
Halte de muletiers, Algérie
signed and dated '-Eug. Fromentin. -68-' (lower right)
oil on panel
18 x 21¾in. (45.7 x 55.3cm.)
Painted in 1868

Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris.
Madame la Baronne Nathaniel de Rothschild, by 1877.

Literature

E. Fromentin, Sahara et Sahel: Un'Eté dans la Sahara, un' année dans le Sahel, Paris, 1876, illustrated opp. p.218.

Exhibited

Paris, Salon, 1869, no. 983.
Paris, Exposition Posthume, 1877, as Aniers et Muletiers en Algérie.

Engraved

Charles Courtry.

Lot Essay

Fromentin travelled to Algeria several times and chronicled his experiences in two diaries. Many of the subjects depicted in his paintings reflect his personal experiences as related in these books. The subject of Halte de Muletiers, Algérie reappears in Fromentin's 1872 picture La Halte (Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore).
We are grateful to Dr. James Thompson for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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