Head of an Arab
Isidore Pils
ca. 1861 · Charcoal and pastel · Drawings and Prints
Pils spent two years living in the Kabylie region of Northern Algeria, studying the landscape and people in preparation for a commission commemorating the visit of Emperor Napoléon III and Empress Eugénie to the area in 1860. This pastel drawing of a distinguished sitter wearing a voluminous burnous (hooded cloak) was likely intended as an independent work based on its large scale and the fact that the artist signed the sheet.
- Artist
- Isidore Pils
- Date
- ca. 1861
- Medium
- Charcoal and pastel
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harvey Salzman, 2022