An Exceptional Quality Orientalist Portrait of "A Moorish Chief" 19th Century
$39,500.00
- An Exceptional Quality Orientalist Portrait of "A Moorish Chief from Algeria", circa 1880.
- Oil on canvas painting depicting a Moorish chief / guard, dressed in traditional garb (burnous) and head scarf with weapons.
- In original moorish beaded wood frames, (840 pieces of beads per frame) with mother of pearl inserts.
- Canvas: 24" high x 20" wide
- Frame: 35" high x 30" wide
- An excellent painting for any orientalist collector.
- Very good condition, no damages, ready to hang.
- A burnous, also burnoose, bournous or barnous, is a long cloak of coarse wool fabric with a pointed hood, often white in color, traditionally worn by Berber and other Maghrebi men. In the Maghreb, the color of the burnous may be white, beige, or dark brown
- Period: 19th Century
- Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
- Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)
- Medium: Oil
