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RSS FeedsRare masterpiece by Jean-Léon Gérôme leads Sotheby`s annual Orientalist Sale
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25 march 2019 03:38:46

 
Rare masterpiece by Jean-Léon Gérôme leads Sotheby`s annual Orientalist Sale
(Artdaily.org)
 


A rare masterpiece by Jean-Léon Gérôme will lead Sotheby’s annual Orientalist Sale in London. Cinematic in scale and impact, Rider and His Steed in the Desert is a unique work in Gérôme’s oeuvre. The highly charged picture captures both the stoicism of the North African tribespeople and a heroic struggle between man and nature. Estimated at £1,000,000-1,500,000, the oil is one of five works by the artist in a sale comprising 79 exceptional paintings, watercolours and sculptures that together provide fascinating historical insights into the Arab, Ottoman, and Islamic worlds during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Launched as an annual event by Sotheby’s in London in 2012 and now in its eighth season, The Orientalist


 
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