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A boy from Nuba
(فتى من النوبة)

Title	A boy from Nuba
Title Original	فتى من النوبة
Author	Arthur von Ferraris
Author Original	آرثر فون فيراريس
Publication Date:	1306 AH / 1888 AD
Publication Place	- Sharjah Art Museum
Subject	Oil colors on wood
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول 46 سم العرض 32.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	SM2006-214
Record ID	object;EPM;ua;Mus21;45;ar
Library Location	Sharjah Art Museum
Date	1306 AH / 1888 AD
Notes	The painting shows an aspect of daily life in an Egyptian street, perhaps Cairo. It shows a tired water seller leaning against a brick wall in front of the entrance to a building. The boy carries a large water jar on his back, similar to jar No. SM1996-219, and holds small drinking cups in his hand. Ferraris was a well-known Orientalist painter and a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme, who encouraged him in 1885 to embark on a trip to Egypt with another famous Orientalist painter, Ludwig Deutsch.
Sample Text	Hazelle Page “Boy from Nubia” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ua;Mus21;45;ar

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A boy from Nuba

(فتى من النوبة)

Author Arthur von Ferraris

Author Original آرثر فون فيراريس

Publication Date 1306 AH / 1888 AD

Publication Place - Sharjah Art Museum

Subject Oil colors on wood

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول 46 سم العرض 32.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID SM2006-214

Record ID object;EPM;ua;Mus21;45;ar

Library Location Sharjah Art Museum

Date 1306 AH / 1888 AD

Notes The painting shows an aspect of daily life in an Egyptian street, perhaps Cairo. It shows a tired water seller leaning against a brick wall in front of the entrance to a building. The boy carries a large water jar on his back, similar to jar No. SM1996-219, and holds small drinking cups in his hand. Ferraris was a well-known Orientalist painter and a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme, who encouraged him in 1885 to embark on a trip to Egypt with another famous Orientalist painter, Ludwig Deutsch.

Sample Text Hazelle Page “Boy from Nubia” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ua;Mus21;45;ar