This soft watercolour painting features a vast desert scene dominated by two ancient arches. The arches are square and stout, made out of a sandstone bricks and surrounded by the rubble of previously fallen monuments. The monuments sit in the middle of a yellow sand desert dotted with a caravan formed of a camel and a number of men in robes and turbans leading the camel across the landscape. In the background a small slope inclines upwards towards a pastely blue sky. The bottom left of the painting features the signature of the 19th century French artist Marcel Blairat. The painting sits in an ornate gilded wooden frame.
Details
- Inventory Code
- 0847
- Category
- Paintings and Art
- Material
- Watercolour
- Origin
- France
- Period
- Late 19th to Early 20th
- Dimensions
- 30x48 (print), 52x70 (frame)
- Condition
- Excellent cosmetic condition with minimal wear commensurate with age. Some crystal bells contain evidence of small cracks.
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