British School (circa 1840) - The Archaeologist

- Oil on canvas. Original fabric. - Very suggestive orientalist painting that presents an elegant European subject wearing a tarbouch or fez sitting in front of a window where we can see a Middle Eastern landscape while smoking a Turkish cigarette. The high quality of the portrait, its deep inflection in the psychology of the character and the attention to the details of the clothing undoubtedly put us in the orbit of an artist of some importance. The dandyism inherent in the exotic and hedonistic character of the model places us in the field of the arts, and it is not difficult to imagine that he is an archaeologist, scholar, philologist, Arabist or historian. - Dimensions of the unframed image: 76 x 93 cm / 102 x 120 cm with exceptional neo-Palladian style gilded frame. - From a private collection of paintings in Barcelona. - Good general condition. Minimal defects. - Galerie Montbaron attaches a technical sheet prepared by a qualified art historian with all its lots. This sheet is sent in digital format and on request.