Tableaux, Sculptures et Dessins Anciens et du XIXe siècle

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Lot 177
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NIELS SIMONSEN | Young oriental couple and their child

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Niels Simonsen
  • Young oriental couple and their child
  • Signed and dated lower right Simonsen Munchen 1842
  • Oil on canvas
  • 59 x 47 cm ; 23 5/22 by 18 1/2 in.

Catalogue Note

This Danish artist stayed in Algeria, most probably in 1839 or 1840. A View of Algiers painted in 1840 is kept at the National Museum of Stockholm. A View of the Port of Algiers painted in Munich and dated 1843 was sold at Sotheby's London in April 2015.