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Narcisse-Virgilio Diaz de la Peña
Men in Oriental Costumescirca 1845

Not on view
Oil painting of a turbaned man in a layered gold and rose robe standing before two veiled figures, rendered in loose, gestural brushwork

Narcisse-Virgilio Diaz de la Peña, Men in Oriental Costumes, circa 1845, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Narcisse-Virgilio Diaz de la Peña
France, Bordeaux, 1807-1876
Title
Men in Oriental Costumes
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1845
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
Panel: 18 3/4 × 11 in. (47.63 × 27.94 cm) Frame: 31 × 23 × 4 in. (78.74 × 58.42 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.39
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Private collection, France (indecipherable seal on the back). Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1980, sold 2000 to: LACMA.

Selected Bibliography
  • Marandel, J. Patrice. French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century. Los Angeles: The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.