A Gypsy Encampment Frame:black Feigen & Co

Feigen & Co

jade green - provide the chromatic structure of the painting

was probably painted in the 1820s

Nathan Field (1587-1619/20): one of the most celebrated actors of his generation

as Giltay notes

A Gypsy Encampment Frame:black Feigen & CoThe title given to this painting in the Cartwright Inventory illustrates the belief, still current in the seventeenth century, that Romani people originated from Egypt (the word "gypsy" is a sixteenth century corruption of "Egypt"). The painting combines elements of the known and of the fanciful. Clearly nomadic, the travellers are surrounded by the domestic detritus associated with gypsies although the three turbaned men look distinctly oriental. A