Description
The Jeweller was created by Boston-born Charles Sprague Pearce who belonged to the generation of American artists who increasingly settled in France in the post-Civil War years.
Like that of his celebrated Parisian teacher, Leon Bonnat, Pearce explored a range of subjects throughout his successful expatriate career.
A four-month excursion along the Nile in the early 1870s led to a particular interest in “exotic,” or Orientalist themes, such as this ambitious portrayal of a native craftsman
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