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The Guardhouse in Meknès
- Localisation : The Isabelle Room
- Année de création :1847
- Artiste :Eugène Delacroix
Description
This painting by Eugène Delacroix is part of the Orientalist movement. The painter experienced the shock of discovering the Orient when, from January to June 1832, he accompanied a French embassy that was travelling to Morocco with Sultan Mulay Abd er-Rhaman.
His trip to Meknès took place between mid-March and early April 1832, before returning to Tangiers. He painted this composition based on his notebooks and his memories, almost fifteen years after the event. The trip to Morocco was a key moment when the leader of the Romantic school turned towards Orientalism, struck by the light, colour and picturesqueness of North Africa.
