Women of Algeria
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, Women of Algeria, 1840/1850, oil on wood panel, Bequest of Charles Francis Adams, public domain, 43.8.10
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- Title
Women of Algeria
- Artist
- Date
1840/1850
- Medium
oil on wood panel
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
11 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: N. Diaz, brushed, lower left
- Collection Area
European Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Francis Adams
- Accession Number
43.8.10
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Diaz de la Peña began his artistic career as a porcelain painter in the Gillet factory. In the mid-1820s, he began working in oil, first copying works in the Louvre, then painting still lifes, flowers, and landscapes. He later turned to mythological and literary subjects, and to orientalist scenes. Since he never traveled outside Europe, his paintings of Eastern life are based on imagination and the works of his contemporaries, particularly Eugène Delacroix.
- Exhibitions
1998 The Other Nineteenth Century Portland Art Museum
