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The Slipper Merchant  1872

by José Villegas Cordero

In the dimly lit, richly colored interior of a North African shop, a turbaned merchant serves a customer seated on a divan. Kneeling in front is an attendant, and barely discernible in the background is a craftsman at work. To the left, a man smokes a hookah. Villegas has adopted a subject made popular by Mariano Fortuny, but rather than exploring light effects, he provide...
Size: 
H: 19 x W: 25 9/16 in. (48.3 x 65 cm)
Medium: 
oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum