The Orientalist Sale

The Orientalist Sale

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Rudolf Ernst

In the Madrasa

Auction Closed

October 25, 11:11 AM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Rudolf Ernst

Austrian

1854 - 1932

In the Madrasa


signed R. Ernst lower right

oil on panel

Unframed: 43 by 33cm., 17 by 13in.

Framed: 60.5 by 50cm., 23½ by 19½in.

The madrasa, or Koranic school, held some significance for Ernst: it was the subject of the first Orientalist painting he submitted to the Paris Salon, in 1885.