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Four Jews at the Wailing Wall
Alexandre Bidaca. 1850
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Details
- Title: Four Jews at the Wailing Wall
- Creator: Alexandre Bida (French, 1823-1895)
- Date Created: ca. 1850
- Subject Keywords: prayer; devotion; genre; biblical/religious
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Alexandre Bida (French, 1823-1895)
- Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1865, by purchase [from the artist, George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: drawings
- Medium: charcoal with white chalk highlights over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, blue wove paper
- Inscriptions: "Bida" in graphite, lower left; "40" in graphite, upper right, verso; "36" in graphite, bottom edge, verso
- Exhibitions: The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
- Dimensions: H: 11 3/4 x W: 9 5/16 in. (29.9 x 23.7 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1865
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1392
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