Head of an Arab
Bequest of Harvey Salzman, 2020
Catalogue
- Year
- 1861
- Medium
- Charcoal and pastel
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 16 15/16 × 15 5/16 in. (43 × 38.9 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Isidore Pils
Artist
Painting
Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (1815–1875) was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects.
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Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1860"
1862 · Oil on canvas
Militaire a cheval (Soldier on Horseback)
1855 · Black and white chalk on beige laid paper
Young Man Leaning Forward with Outstretched Arms (Study for Soldiers Distributing Bread to the Poor)
1846 · oil, brown oil wash or ink wash, and black crayon
Study of a Reclining Nude
1836 · oil on fabric
Girl on a Donkey
1832 · watercolor and graphite
Two Bishops (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)
1830 · Red, white, and black chalk, on blue-gray paper
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- Isidore Pils
- Year
- 1861
- Medium
- Charcoal and pastel
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 16 15/16 × 15 5/16 in. (43 × 38.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1861-628160
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified