On the Terraces. Laghouat by Moonlight
| Sur les terrasses. Clair de lune à Laghouat | |
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| On the Terraces. Laghouat by Moonlight (English) | |
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| Artist | Nasreddine Dinet |
| Year | 1897 |
| Medium | Oil-on-canvas |
| Dimensions | 46,5 cm × 72,5 cm (183 in × 285 in) |
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On the Terraces. Laghouat by Moonlight (French: Sur les terrasses. Clair de lune à Laghouat) is a genre painting created in 1897, by the French artist Nasreddine Dinet.
Description
On the Terraces. Laghouat by Moonlight is an oil painting created in Algeria by the painter Nasreddine Dinet. It has been housed at Museum of Fine Arts in Reims since 1907, following the bequest of collector Henry Vasnier to the city of Reims[1].
On the roof of a house in Laghouat, at night, two Algerian women, nude, wearing jewelry; one lying down, a fan in her right hand; the other sitting, leaning back on her hands, wearing a headdres. At the time, the scene fit into the Western myth of the women in Algeria. However, the subject of young women resting naked on a terrace raises questions about the scene's authenticity, given that Nasreddine Dinet used prostitutes as models[1] · [2].
In 2024, the painting is being presented among the works in the exhibition Nasreddine Dinet, Algerian Passions at the Institut du monde arabe[3].
References
- 1 2 "Sur les terrasses. Clair de lune à Laghouat". Museum of Fine Arts, Reims. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
- ↑ "La danseuse prostituée dite « Ouled Naïl », entre mythe et réalité (1830-1962). Des rapports sociaux et des pratiques concrètes". Clio. Histoire‚ femmes et sociétés. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
- ↑ "Exposition à Paris : voyage dans l'Algérie sensuelle et chatoyante d'un peintre orientaliste oublié". Connaissance des Arts. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
See also
Nasreddine Dinet (1861-1929) | ||
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