Jan Baptist HUYSMANS (Antwerp 1826 - ?)
A temptation in Devil's Street, Algiers
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
46 x 13,2 cm
Signed lower right J.B Huysmans
Carries on the stretcher's crossbeams the handwritten mentions Une tentation dans la rue du diable, Alger and Jbte Huysmans Paris 114 Place Malesherbes
Carries on the canvas an old sales label mentioning 75 Huysman (Jean Baptiste) Born in Amiens; Place Malesherbes 6, Paris; 369 Une Tentation, dans la rue du diable Alger
This name is the translation of the Arabic "Akbet-Ech-Cheitan", "the rise of the devil", which probably refers to the relief of the place.
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