Bedouin on a Camel (Beduino con cammello )

Despite the inscribed date of 1896 on the plaster, this is a similar subject to that of Cavallo Arabo in Riposo, which dates back to 1891. The present plaster is similar to the descriptions of travelling groups done by the press of the time (Esposizione, 1891). According to Rebora (2017) it was unusual for the artist to re-elaborate the same subjects after several years. Rebora (2017) assumes that Troubetzkoy took the decision to re-elaborate the subject for market purposes, as the subject was considered very appealing for the time.

Paul Troubetzkoy (1866-1938), Italy, until 1938;
By descent to the heirs, Rhoda Muriel Marie Somerwell and Luigi Troubetzkoy;
Donated to the Museo del Paesaggio, 1938-1939

Catalogue of Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy.The American Numismatic Society at the Hispanic Society of America, New York 1911 (march);
Catalogue of Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy. The Art Institute Chicago, 1912 (February);
A Collection of Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Saint Louis, 1912, n. 64;
Exhibition of Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo (USA) 1912 (april);
Prima Esposizione Nazionale d'Arte della Secessione, Rome, 1913, n.54;
Exhibition of Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, The Art Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1915 (november-december);
Exhibition of Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit 1916 (February);
Museo del Paesaggio, Verbania, 1990, n. 38

Bossaglia R., Castagnoli P., Troubetzkoy L., Paolo Troubetzkoy Scultore, Intra, 1988, pp.184-185;
S. Rebora in Paolo Troubetzkoy 1866-1938, exh. cat., Turin, 1990, p. 108;
Paolo Troubetzkoy, La Collezione del Museo del Paesaggio, Palazzo Viani Dugnani, Verbania, 2017, p. 82