The Favorite of the Emir

Provenance

Juanita G. Ramsey [d. 1966, Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Ramsey], Washington, D.C.; gift 1959 to the United States Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis; gift 2010 to NGA.[1] [1] The painting was on loan to the Gallery to display with the permanent collection from 1977 to 2010.

The Favorite of the Emir

Constant, Jean Joseph Benjamin

c. 1879

Accession Number

2010.95.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 142.2 x 221 cm (56 x 87 in.) | framed: 198.12 × 281.94 × 19.69 cm (78 × 111 × 7 3/4 in.) | framed weight: 102.059 kg (225 lb.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Courtesy of the United States Naval Academy Museum