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French School
circle of Bernard Picart (1673-1733)
Egyptian subject
late-17th/early-18th-century

$3,000.00

Artist: French School (circle of Bernard Picart (1673-1733) late-17th/early-18th-century
Title: Group of figures in oriental costume with an Egyptian mummy
Date: late-17th/early-18th-century
School: French, late-17th/early-18th-century
Medium: pen and ink with wash and touches of gouache
Dimensions: 285 x 432mm
Watermark: Strasbourg lily (see image below)


Inscriptions/marks: none
Condition: good condition, minor tear at left edge
Description: four male figures in oriental costume with turbans, three female figures with heads covered, two male figures in centre unwrapping an Egyptian mummy sarcophagus supported by two female sphinxes