Upper Egypt, a Recollection, Eugène Fromentin, 1872, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings
Egyptian females Upper Egypt, a Recollection was one of several Fromentin paintings acquired by James J. Hill in the 1880s. Its subject placidly commemorates the artist’s visit to Cairo in 1869 as part of the official French delegation to the opening of the Suez Canal.
Size: 13 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (33.34 x 40.96 cm) (canvas) 27 x 30 x 5 ½ in. (68.58 x 76.2 x 13.97 cm) (outer frame)
Medium: Oil on canvas
