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Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters

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Date

1832

Artist

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336046

Description

Delacroix produced this sumptuous watercolor on a trip to North Africa in 1832. He accompanied his friend the Count de Mornay on his mission as good-will ambassador to the Sultan of Morocco, Abd-er-Rahman II. Assigned to the delegation as dragoman was the Jewish interpreter Abraham Ben-Chimol (Abraham Benchimol) of Tangiers, who introduced the Frenchmen to his wife and to his daughter, pictured here in her bridal attire. In his "Journal," Delacroix described in extensive detail a Jewish wedding he attended in Tangiers on February 21, 1832. Medium: watercolor over graphite on wove paper.

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Tangier, Morocco

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