Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile is an 1890–1891 painting by John Singer Sargent. It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States.[1]

Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile
Artist	John Singer Sargent
Year	1890s
Medium	oil paint, canvas
Dimensions	63.5 cm (25.0 in) × 53.3 cm (21.0 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.	50.130.16
Identifiers	The Met object ID: 12074
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Sargent made several trips to Egypt, Greece and Turkey as part of a project commissioned by the Boston Public Library to explore the origin of Western religion through art. Whilst in Egypt he created this canvas in 1890–91, depicting a group of locals drinking or collecting water from the Nile which had been raised to the bank by a shaduf.[1]

See also

• 1891 in art

References