Georges Décôte, 1900 - Arab saddling his horse - fine art print

What does the curator team of the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris write about the 20th century work of art made by Georges Décôte? (© Copyright - by Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - www.petitpalais.paris.fr)

In a desert landscape, an Arab man holding a saddle arm's length. It is not known if he is about to put it on the back of his horse or if it withdraws. The second rider in the background, rather lets consider a departure. This table is a copy of the "Arab saddling his horse" Delacroix (St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum). Characteristic taste for Orientalism, which marked both the nineteenth century, Delacroix's painting was copied many times, especially by his students (Pierre Andrieu, "Cavalier Arab saddling his horse", private collection).

The painting belonged to the Argentine collector Charles Vincent Ocampo. He donated it to subject to usufruct at the Petit Palais in 1931 and left the usufruct in 1942.

Genre scene, Knight, Sword, Horse, Orientalism

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In 1900 the painter Georges Décôte created the artpiece named "Arab saddling his horse". The 120 year-old artpiece measures the size: Height: 55,5 cm, Width: 46 cm and was painted with the medium Oil, Canvas (material). The original artwork was inscribed with the information: Etiquette - From the coach: "Jacque Rotil / No. 2 RUE MESSINA, No. 2 / At the corner of Boulevard Hausmann, opposite the Statue of Shakespeare / sells FORMER EXECUTIVES from all periods / deals all respect [...] / Tables, Ice and [...] / There is also a choice of [...] fINE FURNITURE / of [..] XVIII centuries as well as TRUMEAUX / & DECORATIONS. / Phone WAGR February 91 ". Today, the artpiece is part of the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris's digital collection in Paris, France. With courtesy of Petit Palais Paris (public domain license).Creditline of the artwork: . The alignment is portrait with a ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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