Orientalist painter (19th century) - Landscape with travelers, ruins, and pyramid.
37 x 48 cm (unframed) - 49 x 60 cm (framed).
Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame.
The composition depicts an oriental landscape at sunset, with figures in Levantine attire on horseback and camel traversing a rocky path. In the background on the left, the silhouette of a pyramid stands out, while on the right, the ruins of a fortress rise on a rocky spur. Two palm trees mark the depth of the scene, animated by a warm light fading from orange to blue in the sky, with a crescent moon in the upper right. The artwork belongs to the European Orientalist movement of the 19th century, which found fertile ground in landscape painting with exotic subjects and ruins from the eastern Mediterranean.
Condition report: Relined canvas. Good condition of the painted surface.
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