Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile. John Singer Sargent
1890–91
Oil on canvas
25 x 21 in. (63.5 x 53.3 cm)
Paintings
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
Accession Number: 50.130.16
Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile is an 1890–1891 painting by John Singer Sargent. It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]
Sargent made several trips to Egypt, Greece and Turkey as part of a project commissioned by the Boston Public Library to explore the origin of Western religion through art. Whilst in Egypt he created this canvas in 1890–91, depicting a group of locals drinking or collecting water from the Nile which had been raised to the bank by a shaduf.
See also
1891 in art
References
"Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile | John Singer Sargent | 50.130.16 | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". Metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
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