Jewish Woman of Algiers Seated on the Ground
Théodore Chassériau · ca. 1846
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"Jewish Woman of Algiers Seated on the Ground" is a watercolor over graphite on wove paper by the French romantic painter Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856), created around 1846. The artwork, measuring 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches (29.8 x 23.2cm), is classified as a drawing and is held in the Drawings and Prints department. The medium includes the paper being trimmed and laid down on blue wove paper.
The work was acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1964. Information regarding the artwork's culture, provenance, exhibitions, and literature is not provided in the supplied catalogue data.
Other holdings by Théodore Chassériau at The Metropolitan Museum of Art include "Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine" (1851), "Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg" (1841), "Portrait of Madame Gabrielle Marcotte de Quivières" (1845), and "Portrait of Félix Ravaisson" (1846). The museum also holds a later "Portrait of Théodore Chassériau" (1893) by another artist.
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