# Somali Man

**Antonion Zeno Shindler** (1813 Bulgaria-died Washington, DC 1899)  
ca. 1893  
oil on canvas  
42 x 28 in. (106.7 x 71.1 cm.)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1985.66.165,703. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=22338).

## About this work

Antonion Zeno Shindler painted this in about 1893, aged 80. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Antonion Zeno Shindler](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/antonion-zeno-shindler)

1813 Bulgaria-died Washington, DC 1899

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Somalis
- The artist was 80
- Real size: about 42 × 28 in (107 × 71 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 16 × 20 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Landscapes, Figure male
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1976.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1976/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/somali-man-si-saam-1985-66-165-703).