Important Works from the Najd Collection, Part II
Important Works from the Najd Collection, Part II
EUGÈNE FROMENTIN | A HAWKING PARTY
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June 11, 01:08 PM GMT
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EUGÈNE FROMENTIN
French
1820 - 1876
A HAWKING PARTY
signed Eug. Fromentin lower right
oil on panel
35 by 27cm., 13¾ by 10½in.
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Durand-Ruel & Cie, Paris
Sale: Christie's, New York, 27 May 1983, lot 33
Mathaf Gallery, London
Purchased from the above
James Thompson & Barbara Wright, Les Orientalistes, Eugène Fromentin, Paris, 1987, p. 216, catalogued & illustrated (as Partie de chasse and dated 1866-69)
Caroline Juler, Najd Collection of Orientalist Paintings, London, 1991, p. 121, cited, p. 122, catalogued & illustrated
Inspired by his trips to Algeria between 1846 and 1853, Eugène Fromentin fell under the spell of the equestrian prowess of the Algerian people. He depicted horsemen with extreme precision and a sense of nobility and virtue befitting this thousand-year old equestrian sport.
In the present example, the falconer, or biaz, has embellished his horse with silver spurs and ornaments stitched with silk, gold and silver, as well as a panther skin adorned sabretache, known as djibira.