Tag: ARMOURER’S SHOP

01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 16

Apr 12, 2018

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Zaidan Art Blog

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Arthur von Ferraris, 1856-1936, HUNGARIAN THE ARMOURER’S SHOP, c. 1893 Oil on canvas 60 by 89cm., 23½ by 35in. Private collection In painting Ferraris demonstrates his skill both as a draughtsman and as an acute observer of Egyptian society. From the array of weapons including kilij swords and khanjar knives, to the costumes of the shopkeepers and their…