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| Keywords: José Jiménez Aranda - Figaro's Shop - Walters 374.jpg In this scene set in Rome a young gypsy strums a guitar while a priest and a couple of men in frock coats play a game of checkers The barber pulls up a chair to join them The artist has provided a wealth of descriptive details including caged birds a copper barber's bowl suspended over the door and graffiti on the wall Jiménez an artist from Seville joined Mariano Fortuny's circle of Spanish artists in Rome in 1871 Like them he displayed remarkable technical skills in his humorous depictions of daily life 1875 Oil on canvas cm 44 57 4 accession number 37 4 16631 William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1878 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1878 Signature Lower left in brown J Jimenez Aranda / Roma / 1875 Fortuny and His Circle The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1970 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D José Jiménez Aranda Paintings in the Walters Art Museum 19th-century genre paintings Draughts in art People playing draughts Off the Wall Baltimore | ||||
