Alberto Pasini
In the Market Place
1867
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 9-1/4 x 15-9/16 in. (23.5 x 39.5 cm.); Frame: 14-3/4 x 21-1/8 x 1-3/4 in. (37.5 x 53.7 x 4.4 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.219
Italian born and French trained, Alberto Pasini became a well-known mid-19th-century Orientalist painter, admired by such discerning dealers and collectors as Baltimorean expatriate George A. Lucas, to whom this canvas once belonged. Pasini traveled to many destinations in the Near East, including Persia, Armenia, Egypt, and Turkey. This particular canvas captures a market in Istanbul. Finely detailed, it explains the critical admiration that Pasini’s work inspired in a contemporary art critic, Virgilio Colombo, who noted how “Pasini faithfully reproduces the architectural accessories, which sparkle in the sun and bathe in the blue shadows: in this, he is unrivaled and shows extraordinary ingenuity to create huge paintings in small canvasses.”
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, "Selections from the Lucas Collection", July 21-August 22, 1975.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, "Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1820-1880", August 27-October 17, 1982; circ. to Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at Purchase, November 4-December 23, 1982.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure", circulated to Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, September 4-November 1, 1997; Academy of the Arts, Easton, January 31-March 7, 1998; and Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, July 26-September 27, 1998.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1-December 31, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, "Selections from the Lucas Collection", July 21-August 22, 1975.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, "Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1820-1880", August 27-October 17, 1982; circ. to Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at Purchase, November 4-December 23, 1982.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure", circulated to Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, September 4-November 1, 1997; Academy of the Arts, Easton, January 31-March 7, 1998; and Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, July 26-September 27, 1998.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1-December 31, 2006.
"Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection," Baltimore: The Maryland Institute, 1911, cat. #197.
"The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1965, cat. #220.
"The Lucas Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, cat. #220.
Inscribed: FACE: BL, 'A. Pasini 1868'. VERSO, FRAME: CL, 'Succession G.A. Lucas...'. Label (removed by Conservation?) in an envelope in the object file, 'PASINI (Albert) Paris/Medals, 1859, 1863, 1864, 1868, 1878./Legion of Honor, 1868./Medal of Honor, 1878./Officer of the Legion of Honor, 1878.'
On View at the BMA
