Arabs on the March

Victor Pierre Huguet (French, 1835–1902)

about 1885

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions64.7 x 85.1 cm (25 1/2 x 33 1/2 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow

Accession number37.601

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsLower right: P. HuguetProvenanceBy 1888, Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock no. 2147); October 4, 1888, sold by Durand-Ruel, Paris, to Durand-Ruel, New York (stock no. 509); February 18, 1889, sold by Durand-Ruel to Mr. Blakeslee, New York [see note 1]. By 1899, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow (b. 1845 - d. 1921), Boston; 1937, bequest of Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 12, 1937)

NOTES:
[1] this information comes from letter of October 10, 2001 from Caroline Durand-Ruel Godfroy in MFA curatorial files.