Louis Émile Pinel de Grandchamp (French, 1831-1894)

At the Bazaar, Cairo

Details

Louis Émile Pinel de Grandchamp (French, 1831-1894)
At the Bazaar, Cairo
signed 'L.E. Pinel de Grandchamp' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19 ¼ x 23 ¼ in. (48.7 x 59 cm.)

Provenance

Private collection, England.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner, circa 1960.
And thence by descent.

Exhibited

(Possibly) Paris, Salon, 1867, no. 688, as: `Mosquée du sultan el Gourieh et bazar aux étoffes au Caire'.

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Lot Essay

Louis Émile Pinel de Grandchamp travelled extensively in the Orient, mainly between Constantinople, Egypt and Turkey. Upon his return in France, the artist exhibited regularly at the Salon. It has been suggested that the present lot was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1867.

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