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This palm grove, two young Neapolitan girls returning from the festival
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The commissioner of the painting, which shows the return of two women from Palm Sunday festivities, was Count Gourieff, who ordered a total of three paintings from the Swiss painter Léopold Robert in 1821. The artist wrote about this in a letter dated 27 April 1822 to Sophie Huguenin: "Il y a maintenant à Rome une exposition de tous les tableaux qui ont été demandés à plusieurs artistes de Rome par M.
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDies palmarum, deux jeunes filles napolitaines revenant de la fête. 1823. Léopold Robert (1794–1835). Kunstmuseum Basel, Ankauf mit Mitteln des Birmann-Fonds. Public domain.
