Drawings
Index to Paintings
1.
A Persian Pedlar
2. Odalisque
3. Head of an Arab
4. Courtyard of a Mosque at Broussa
5. Pasture, Egypt
6. The Temple of Philae
7. View on the Nile
8. On the Nile
9. View on the Nile
10. A Street in Damascus
11. Old Damascus: Jews' Quarter
12. Portions of the interior of the
Grand Mosque of Damascus
13. The Moorish Garden;
A Dream of Granada
14. The Music Lesson
15. Study; at a Reading Desk
16. A Street in Algiers
17. Damascus: Night
18. Study of Nubian Young Man
19. Eastern Scene, Algiers
20. The Light of the Harem
21. Phoenicians Bartering with
Ancient Britons
2. Odalisque
3. Head of an Arab
4. Courtyard of a Mosque at Broussa
5. Pasture, Egypt
6. The Temple of Philae
7. View on the Nile
8. On the Nile
9. View on the Nile
10. A Street in Damascus
11. Old Damascus: Jews' Quarter
12. Portions of the interior of the
Grand Mosque of Damascus
13. The Moorish Garden;
A Dream of Granada
14. The Music Lesson
15. Study; at a Reading Desk
16. A Street in Algiers
17. Damascus: Night
18. Study of Nubian Young Man
19. Eastern Scene, Algiers
20. The Light of the Harem
21. Phoenicians Bartering with
Ancient Britons
Old Damascus: Jews Quarter
Image Details
Title:
'Old Damascus: Jews Quarter'
Date:1873/84
Media: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 129.5 x 104.1cm
Location: Private Collection
Picture credit: The Bridgeman Art Library
Interpretation: This painting shows two women and a girl in an impressive courtyard, one woman knocking down lemons with a stick from a tree, while the girl holds out her skirt to catch the fruit. Leighton explored the old houses of Damascus during his visit to Syria in the autumn of 1873. He appears to have painted this work using sketches and photographs on his return to London. The models used are clearly not Middle Eastern. The elaborate dresses of the girl and the woman on the right however, were probably bought in Damascus.
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Date:1873/84
Media: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 129.5 x 104.1cm
Location: Private Collection
Picture credit: The Bridgeman Art Library
Interpretation: This painting shows two women and a girl in an impressive courtyard, one woman knocking down lemons with a stick from a tree, while the girl holds out her skirt to catch the fruit. Leighton explored the old houses of Damascus during his visit to Syria in the autumn of 1873. He appears to have painted this work using sketches and photographs on his return to London. The models used are clearly not Middle Eastern. The elaborate dresses of the girl and the woman on the right however, were probably bought in Damascus.
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