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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The Russell-Cotes painting of a Persian Encampment by Ovide Curtovich (or Curtovitch), beautifully evokes the early morning rituals of a group of Bedouin traders stopped to rest. At the centre of the scene, under a large open-fronted tent, three men appear to be kneading flour to make bread. To their left, two men look towards us out of the picture. They have the appearance of having being caught on camera. To the right, another group kneel for their morning prayer, while two seated figures with their backs to us look on. Around this central group are numerous camels, some standing some kneeling, but all loaded with the traveller's varicoloured saddles and packages. The scene is set in a low scrub plain. A stream of clear blue water is visible in the foreground, while high mountains with peaks tinged by the pink light of early morning are visible in the distance against the silver-blue sky. The details of this expansive vista are finely painted and the artist successfully conveys the atmosphere of growing heat as this nomadic group stop to rest. In the foreground one of the camels is even shown drinking from the stream. | Subjects: | landscape (Persia); figure; animal (camel; donkey) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Curtovich, Ovide (Turkish artist, active late 19th century) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8471... | Go to resource |
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