Festival Scene (Scène de Fête, 1800) - Mohammed Ben Ali Rbati



Mohamed Ben Ali Rbati was born in Rabat, Morocco in 1861. He spent much of his life in Tangier where he associated with European artists staying there.


Festival Scene is a watercolor painting on cardboard, held in the Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar.


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