LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil, pen and brown ink, watercolor and bodycolor, heightened with gum arabic on paper

Measurements:

13.74 in. (34.90 cm.) (height) by 19.88 in. (50.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed and dated 'C. Werner.f. 1866' (lower right)

Literature:

M. Haja and G. Wimmer, Les orientalistes des écoles allemande et autrichienne, Paris, 2000, p. 162 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 November 1983, lot 184. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 November 1986, lot 176. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 November 1994, lot 97. with Mathaf Gallery, London (inv. no. P.22). Acquired from the above by the present owner.