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An Arab man wearing a turban attacks a woman. The dagger in his raised right hand points down directly towards her and he clasps her waist with his left arm. Her head is thrown back and her throat is exposed as she raises her left arm to defend herself. Another man lies dead before her, his turban having fallen from his bald head. This small unsigned picture probably dates from the early nineteenth century. We do not know who painted it, but it was previously credited to Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803–1860), who was a pioneer of Orientalist painting in France. These subjects were particularly popular in the 1830s, the decade in which France colonised Algeria and Eugène Delacroix completed several of his major Orientalist pictures. Decamps’s paintings are often characterised by dramatic action and striking contrasts of light and dark.
Title
A Struggle in a Desert
Date
19th C
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 34.3 x W 22.9 cm
Accession number
NG2910
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Lady Lindsay, 1912
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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