The Rafael Valls Sale
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FRANS VERVLOET | An interior with a Turkish gentleman in prayer
Lot Closed
April 8, 02:34 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
FRANS VERVLOET
Mechelen 1795 - 1872 Venice
AN INTERIOR WITH A TURKISH GENTLEMAN IN PRAYER
signed and dated lower right: F. Vervloet 1843 / Constantinopoli
oil on artist's board
unframed: 24.4 x 18.2 cm.; 9⅝ x 7¼ in.
framed: 35 x 28.7 cm.; 13¾ x 11¼ in.
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Private collection, Italy.
To be included in the Vervloet catalogue raisonné being prepared by Paolo Serafini.
According to Paolo Serafini, the present work belongs to a group of fourteen known paintings by Vervloet depicting Turkish subjects, painted between 1842 and 1846. It is listed as number 242 in the artist's handbook of his works, Sa vie, as dito [dipinto] turc en prière.