Shop art print and framed art Noce juive au Maroc by Eugène Delacroix

Noces jueves al Marroc (in French, Jewish Wedding in Morocco) is a painting by the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix, which he may have produced in 1839 from sketches and sketches made during his trip to Morocco. Delacroix is known to have attended an evening in Tangiers. The painting is in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The painting shows the inner courtyard of a Moroccan house where many people are gathered, with different postures, gestures and looks. In the background, seated men play music while a woman walks. The various doors, balconies and windows attract attention, open and closed, something is happening inside. The centre of the crowd is empty, and in the middle of the frame there is a white wall, a fact that reminds some people of the absence of the nun in this ceremony. The painting has an orientalist theme, very much to the taste of the Romantics. The colours are typical of Delacroix, pastels, with strong contrasts with the black and small patches of very bright primary colours (red, blue, green, white) that recreate the brilliance of Oriental colours. The scene has great depth, achieved by the architectural lines but above all by the contrasts of light and [...]

 

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

 

« Noce juive au Maroc » is kept at Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

 

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