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Two Orientals seated under a Tree

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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Two men in turbans are seated under a tree that provides little shade. One has his back to us; the other shows off his glorious costume, a bushy moustache giving him extra character. He clutches a jar and looks across the scene, though his eyes are hidden by his headgear. Depictions of people in ‘oriental’ dress (from the Eastern Mediterranean) were very popular during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially in prints. We know that Giovanni Battista Tiepolo studied and owned several ‘oriental’ prints by seventeenth-century artists such as Rembrandt and Castiglione. This is one of four decorative paintings commissioned from Tiepolo to adorn a room in the Palazzo Cornaro on the Campo San Polo, Venice. The others – Seated Man, Woman with Jar, and Boy, Two Men in Oriental Costume and Rinaldo turning in Shame from the Magic Shield – are also in the National Gallery’s collection.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Two Orientals seated under a Tree

Date

about 1757

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 158.8 x W 53 cm

Accession number

NG6305

Acquisition method

Bought, 1960

Work type

Painting

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