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Nourmahal, (painting). Artist:  Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917, painter. (formerly attributed to) Title:  Nourmahal, (painting). Medium:  Oil on wood. Dimensions:  19 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (49.9 x 72.4 cm). Inscription:  (Lower right, falsely inscribed:) AP Ryder signed Description:  In a scene from "The Light of the Harem," the fourth tale in "Lalla Rookh: an Oriental Romance," (1817) by Thomas Moore, the female figure of the beautiful Nourmahal stands at center in an imaginary landscape with a gazebo on the left and a fountain on the right. In her hands she holds a lute, which she has asked an enchantress to enable her to play and sing so well that she will regain the affection of her lost lover Salim. Subject:  Literature -- Moore -- Lalla Rookh Literature -- Character -- Nourmahal Landscape -- Imaginary Architecture exterior Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 32.67.2 Remarks:  This painting is now known to be a forgery. Ryder did a painting titled Nourmahal, but it is now unlocated, and there are no known contemporary illustrations or descriptions of the work. References:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 31. Broun, Elizabeth, "Albert Pinkham Ryder," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press (National Museum of American Art), 1989, pg. 159. Illustration:  Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 31. Broun, Elizabeth, "Albert Pinkham Ryder," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press (National Museum of American Art), 1989, fig. 141. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 36120595   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36120595 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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