The zither player on his mule

Eugène Girardet
1853-1907

The zither player on his mule
Oil on canvas signed lower left 
Dimensions : 
50 x 74 cm / 19.68 x 29.13 inch
Dimensions with frame : 
81 x 104 cm / 31.89 x 40.94 inch

Description of the artwork

The painting is described in the preface to the Eugène Girardet studio sale of Friday March 20, 1908 at Hotel Drouot. Critic and art historian Léonce Bénédite writes of "This old Arab on horseback on his bourriquot, laden with a heap of victuals destined for the coming market, charming the lengths of the road and exciting his valiant little mount, singing, accompanied on a sort of guitar". 

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