Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting 1800-1880

1982

A Chief of Abyssinia, Henri Regnault — Henri Regnault · A Chief of Abyssinia, c. 1870

Exhibition

Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase

1982

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Documented artists: 1

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Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting 1800-1880 was presented at Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester; Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase in 1982. The documented paintings include A Chief of Abyssinia by Henri Regnault, dated c. 1870 and executed in oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art records this painting’s participation in its collection history. This selected checklist is partial; other exhibited works and exact opening and closing days have not been reconciled.

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Also recorded as: Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting 1800-1880, Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester; Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase

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Henri Regnault
A Chief of Abyssinia
c. 1870

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Henri Regnault
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Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase

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A Chief of Abyssinia

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Henri Regnault

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