Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

French · 1803–1860 · Painter, Printmaker

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps was a French painter noted for his Orientalist works. (Wikipedia)

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Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps was a French painter noted for his Orientalist works.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1803, ParisDied 1860, FontainebleauOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q458288 ↗ULAN 500022285 ↗Museum works 24

OrientalismRomanticism

Also known as a. g. decamps, alex g. decamps, Alexander Decamps, Alexander G., de Camps, alexander G. decamps, alexander gabriel decamps, alexandre decamps, alexandre g. decamps and 3 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, The Turkish Patrol — **The Turkish Patrol**ca. 1855–56 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest…

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, The Experts — **The Experts**1837 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H…

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, The Good Samaritan — **The Good Samaritan**by 1853 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Ha…

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, A Fall Down the Stairs — **A Fall Down the Stairs**1834–35 · Lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1922 — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe — **Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe**1820–60 · Black and white chalk, charcoal, traces of graphite on light brown paper; some stumping
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Spencer Samuels, in memory of Mitchel…

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Landscape — **Landscape**ca. 1840 · Watercolor on wove paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1909 — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, The Slave Market [recto] — **The Slave Market [recto]**pen and black ink with charcoal, gray wash, and white chalk on gray paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Le Corps de Garde — **Le Corps de Garde**in or after 1834 · etching on chine applique
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Un Corps de Garde — **Un Corps de Garde**transfer lithograph
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, River Landscape with a Bridge; Monkey Paging through a Book — **River Landscape with a Bridge; Monkey Paging through a Book**1830/1835 · etching on wove paper (2 subjects on one plate with remarques, proof)
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Oriental Vignettes — **Oriental Vignettes**c. 1829 · lithograph on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp — Open Acce…

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Untitled — **Untitled**1844
Musée d'Orsay ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée d'Orsay

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Turkish Merchant Smoking in His Shop — **Turkish Merchant Smoking in His Shop**1844
Musée d'Orsay ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée d'Orsay

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Souvenir de la Turquie d'Asie, dit aussi Enfants turcs auprès d'une fontaine — **Souvenir de la Turquie d'Asie, dit aussi Enfants turcs auprès d'une fontaine**1846
Condé Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Condé Museum

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Study of Pigs — **Study of Pigs**c. 1855 · Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Henry Field Memorial Collection — public domain (CC0)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Courtyard — **Courtyard**c. 1855 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Henry Field Memorial Collection — public domain (CC0)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Still Life with Pipe and Matches and Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese (pair) — **Still Life with Pipe and Matches and Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese (pair)**1858 · oil on fabric
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Still Life with Pipe and Matches — **Still Life with Pipe and Matches**1858 · oil on fabric
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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