The Orientalist Sale

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Nafer

VAT reduced rate

Auction Closed

April 25, 02:17 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Jean-Léon Gérôme

French

1824 - 1904

Nafer

titled Nafer lower right; inscribed and signed by Morot dessin de J.L. Gérôme / Aimé Morot lower right

pencil

Unframed: 26 by 15cm., 10¼ by 6in.

Framed: 42 by 33cm., 16½ by 13in.

We are grateful to Dr Emily M. Weeks for her assistance in cataloguing this work which will be included in her revision of the artist's catalogue raisonné by Gerald M. Ackerman.

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