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Description: | This work by the French painter Gabriel Alexandre Decamps depicts a seated blind boy with a upturned cap in his hand, and a dog with a monkey on its back. The composition is treated broadly as if detail has been obliterated in the strong sunlight indicatd by the yellow wall and the depth of the shadows cast. Decamps was well known for his oriental subjects, genre and animal paintings. Dogs and monkeys frequently feature in his work. He studied in Paris and travelled in the Far and Middle East. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1827. He died in 1860 as a result of a hunting accident at the forest of Fontainebleau. | Subjects: | dog) portrait; figure; animal (monkey | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel (French painter and printmaker, 1803-1860) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8442... | Go to resource |
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