France’s best-known Orientalist painter had been enamored with Algeria since his 1884 trip to the desert. Here is his vision of the famous Arab-Persian tale.
Étienne Dinet (1861-1929), Le Bain des filles du Djenn’s, clair de lune (The Djinn’s Daughters Bathing, Moonlight), oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm (approx. 31.9 x 25.6 in). Estimate: €180,000/220,000
Étienne Dinet (1861-1929), Le Bain des filles du Djenn’s, clair de lune (The Djinn’s Daughters Bathing, Moonlight), oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm (approx. 31.9 x 25.6 in). Estimate: €180,000/220,000
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