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Falcon hunting in Algeria: the kill, is an Orientalist painting by Eugène Fromentin, held at the Musée d'Orsay. The painting is signed lower right: "Eug. Fromentin". It is 1.62 m high and 1.16 m wide. This painting was produced in the middle of Eugène Fromentin's career. He made several preparatory sketches, including one of the horseman on the right of the painting, in graphite, with many elegant and refined details. Falcon hunting was probably the artistic theme that most inspired Fromentin during his travels in Algeria, as he drew several paintings from it. The choice of subject and the use of colour and light seem to have been influenced by the work of Eugène Delacroix. The influence of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres can be seen in the precision of the drawings of horses and hunters. The falcon held in the fist on the left in this painting was taken up by Fromentin in a later watercolour. This is one of Fromentin's most popular and famous paintings. It is reputed to showcase all the artist's qualities: harmony of tone and distinction of style. Chasse au faucon : la curée was exhibited at the Salon de peinture et de sculpture in 1863. It was then acquired by the French State and sent to the Musée du Luxembourg. On 10 August 1886, the painting was transferred to the Musée du Louvre. It was then sent to the Musée des Colonie in 1949, before returning to the Louvre in 1968. Ten years later, in 1978, it was sent to the Musée d'Orsay, where it remains to this [...]

 

This artwork is a painting from the classical period. It belongs to the orientalism style.

 

« Chasse au faucon en Algérie » is kept at Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France.

 

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