Upper Egypt, a Recollection
Eugène Fromentin
1872
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 13 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (33.34 x 40.96 cm) (canvas) 27 x 30 x 5 1/2 in. (68.58 x 76.2 x 13.97 cm) (outer frame)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
france
About
Upper Egypt, a Recollection was one of several Fromentin paintings acquired by James J. Hill in the 1880s. Its subject placidly commemorates the artist’s visit to Cairo in 1869 as part of the official French delegation to the opening of the Suez Canal.
