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Victor Eeckhout

The Day after Ramadan in Morocco

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October 25, 11:11 AM GMT

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15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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Victor Eeckhout

Belgian

1821 - 1879

The Day after Ramadan in Morocco


signed, inscribed and dated Victor Eeckhout / Tanger. 1877 lower left and inscribed le lendemain du Rammadan au Maroc on the reverse

oil on panel

Unframed: 31.8 by 42.2cm., 12½ by 16½in.

Framed: 58.5 by 66.5cm., 23 by 26in.

L'Illustration européene (eighth year), Brussels, 1877-78, illustrated as an engraving

In this sensitively observed scene, the street musician who sounded his nafir trumpet each morning during the month of Ramadan to wake the population, plays it one last time to celebrate the arrival of Eid. His duty done, grateful townspeople come to their doors with offerings of fruits and sweets.


This is an earlier variant of the eponymous work exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1879.