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| Management number | 29326693 | Release Date | 2025/12/19 | List Price | $75.63 | Model Number | 29326693 | ||
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Eduard Charlemont's (Austrian, 1848-1906)The Moorish Chief is popular among visitors to the museum.
The exotically elusive yet strongly suggestive effect of this picture is demonstrated by the migration of its title. Shown at the Paris Salon in 1878 as The Guardian of the Seraglio, it was purchased by John G. Johnson in 1892 as The Alhambra Guard and published by him in 1914 as The Moorish Chief, the name that has stuck. Thus from its earliest days something about this image of a commanding black man, sword bared, who stands before a space modeled on the Alhambra in Spain, impelled both a clarification of his role and an elevation of his rank. Only part of Eduard Charlemont's career was given over to the popular genre of "Orientalist" painting, which represented subjects drawn from North Africa and the Middle East. Perhaps it was his Austrian backgrou
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| Brand | ART |
| Condition | Like new |
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