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Old 1st April 2020, 11:53 PM   #1
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I wonder if anyone can ID where in the world this picture is depicting ( late 19th C ) .
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Old 2nd April 2020, 04:36 AM   #2
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Egyptian Sword..

Looks like classic orientalist work with heavily applied artistic license.
So probably the location was the artist's studio and imagination rather than some place tangible.

From Wikipedia:
" Art historians tend to identify two broad types of Orientalist artist: the realists who carefully painted what they observed and those who imagined Orientalist scenes without ever leaving the studio."

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Old 2nd April 2020, 07:59 AM   #3
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Seems likely this is by Bruno Piglhein Here
That does not help with the subject matter but looks like he was fond of painting ladies in various stages of undress
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Yup, it was him, he did a few with the same lady, it's 'The Egyptian Sword Dancer'. 1891.

Nice pair of Yataghans...

Looks better in colour.

I was entertained by an Egyptian Sword Dancer in a bedu tent near Giza during a meal once. Bit more clothing tho. The wife and my son were with me.
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Yup, it was him, he did a few with the same lady, it's 'The Egyptian Sword Dancer'. 1891.

Nice pair of Yataghans...

Looks better in colour.

I was entertained by an Egyptian Sword Dancer in a bedu tent near Giza during a meal once. Bit more clothing tho. The wife and my son were with me.
You are right....a VERY nice pair of Yataghans
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You are right....a VERY nice pair of Yataghans
...and the two yat swords too!
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Thank you all for this useful information , much obliged .
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Old 2nd April 2020, 12:47 PM   #8
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Ägyptische Schwerttänzerin = Egyptian sword dancer.
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Another version of the same subject.


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