A group of Arabs resting and watering their horses in stream fed by water falling from a cliff. A building with towers can be seen on top of the hill.
Eugène Fromentin, A Ravine: Souvenir of Algeria, 1874, oil on wood panel, 47 7/16 x 41 5/16 in. (120.5 x 104.9 cm), Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 34-103
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Eugène Fromentin, A Ravine: Souvenir of Algeria, 1874

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doi: 10.37764/78973.5.406
ArtistEugène Fromentin, French, 1820–1876
TitleA Ravine: Souvenir of Algeria
Object Date1874
Alternate and Variant TitlesUn Ravin: Souvenir d’Algérie; The Chiffa-Pass; Arab Encampment—Gorges of Chiffa
MediumOil on wood panel
Dimensions (Unframed)47 7/16 x 41 5/16 in. (120.5 x 104.9 cm)
SignatureSigned and dated lower right: _Eug. _ Fromentin. _ 1874 _
Credit LineThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 34-103

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