Spyridon Scarvelli (Greek, 1868-1942)
Dusk, The Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo
signed, inscribed and dated 'Scarvelli "Cairo" 21.' (lower left)
watercolor on paper
6½ x 12 in. (16.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1921
拍品专文
The Tombs of the Mamluks, also called the Northern Cemetary, lie at the foot of the Muqattam Hills in Cairo. Built mostly during the 15th and early 16th Centuries the late Mamluk Sultans are burried here.