The Orientalist Sale
The Orientalist Sale
The Property of a Lady
Eugène Flandin
Isfahan during the Qajar Dynasty
Auction Closed
October 24, 01:12 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Lady
Eugène Flandin
French
1809 - 1876
Isfahan during the Qajar Dynasty
signed Eugène / Flandin lower right
watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white on card
Unframed: 31.2 by 24.6cm., 12¼ by 9¾in.
Framed: 52 by 43cm., 20½ by 17in.
Sale: Christie's, London, 15 October 2004, lot 506
Purchased from the above by the present owner
This view depicts prominent religious leader Aga Najafi’s (1846-1914) home in Isfahan, during the time of Nasser ud-din Shah, the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran. The Masjed-e Shah Mosque can be seen in the background, built during the Safavid dynasty by order of Shah Abbas I of Persia.
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