Jean-Adrien Guignet
Afterglow on the Banks of the Nile
1839-1847
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Jean-Adrien Guignet
Afterglow on the Banks of the Nile
1839-1847
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 16 3/4 × 28 7/8 in. (42.5 × 73.3 cm.)
Framed: 28 × 39 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (71.1 × 100.3 × 10.8 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.125
Collector George Lucas was undoubtedly attracted to this composition by its powerful
evocation of the romanticism of the Near East and North Africa. The image is distilled to the essence of the evening’s gloaming, the moment before the light disappears. Europe’s fascination with Orientalism continued well into the nineteenth century with many
artists traveling to exotic locales in search of subjects. Little is known of the life and career of Guignet, a history and landscape painter, who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and exhibited his work at the annual Salons in the 1840s.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Henry Ossawa Tanner and the Influence of Paris
A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art
Jacobs Painting Rotation
2007-03-12 00:00:00
2007-03-12 00:00:00
AMW Reinstallation 2014
Jacobs Wing Rotations 2021
Jacobs Wing Rotations 2022
Jacobs Wing Rotations 2024
Jacobs Wing Rotations 2025
"Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection," Baltimore: The Maryland Institute, 1911, cat. #35.
"The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1965, cat. #125.
"The Lucas Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, cat. #125.
Inscribed: FACE: BR, 'Adrien G.'. VERSO, STRETCHER: Center support, 'ADRIEN GUIGNET/né a Annecy (savoie) decedé/á Paris 19 Mai 1854/1816 - 1854/Decamps etait frappe tres ?.../? quality de...(?)' (see remarks).
On View at the BMA
