Courtyard in the Sultan's Palace / Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant
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- Accession Number
- 1895.99
- Title
- Courtyard in the Sultan's Palace
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1845-1902
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- Object Creation Date
- 1872-1902
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Île-de-France (region)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Île-de-France (region)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Henry C. Lewis
- Style/Group/Movement
- Orientalism; Romanticism
- Inscription
- This painting shows a scene set in a room with high white walls that is open to the sky, like a courtyard. Beyond the wall there is flowering vegetation, tall trees and a tower with a balustrade with keyhole shaped openings. There are two clay pots resting on top of the wall and an oriental style carpet hanging over one side. Within this courtyard, there are three women who are looking at two small leopards that wear metal chains and stand in a keyhole shaped opening of the far right wall. The women, grouped together on the far left side, are wearing 19th century Moroccan dress, including richly embroidered, garments, headscarves and shoes. There is bright sunlight streaming into the room which creates shadows on the walls and floor.
- Dimensions
- 120.3 cm x 79 cm (47 3/8 in. x 31 1/8 in.)
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Physical Description
- This painting shows a scene set in a courtyard with high white walls that is open to the sky. Beyond the wall there is flowering vegetation, tall trees and a tower with a balustrade with keyhole shaped openings. There are two clay pots resting on top of the wall and an oriental style carpet hanging over one side. Within this courtyard, there are three women who are looking at two small leopards that wear metal chains and stand in a keyhole shaped opening of the far right wall. The women, grouped together on the far left side, are wearing 19th century Moroccan dress, including richly embroidered, garments, headscarves and shoes. There is bright sunlight streaming into the room which creates shadows on the walls and floor.
- Subject Matter
- Constant began to do paintings with Orientalist subjects following his travels in Spain and Morocco during the 1870s. Prior to that he was well known at the Paris Salon for exhibiting history scenes. The exact meaning of this subject is unknown, however, Constant had done other paintings of street scenes and harem women, including, Harem Women in Morocco, which received a third-class medal at the Salon in 1875. This painting shows his romantic treatment of these subjects and the inclusion of local artifacts, rugs and costumes from his studio collection.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architecture
- building divisions
- buildings
- castles and palaces
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- figures
- locality
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- palaces
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- plants
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by form
- the natural world
- uncovered spaces
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2441 x 3737
- File Size
- 538 KB
- Record
- 1895.99
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"Courtyard in the Sultan's Palace; Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1895.99/1895.99.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.