Tag: WEISS
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26 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists of the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes #8
Sold for 81,250 GBP in Dec 2016 The girl in the present work wears an ornate Ottoman gold coin headdress with a fringe of star-shaped amulets, and a matching necklace. With her white diaphanous veil and dress, and hair braided into a bun, she is dressed for a special occasion or celebration, possibly her own…
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26 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, #8
The girl in the present work wears an ornate Ottoman gold coin headdress with a fringe of star-shaped amulets, and a matching necklace. With her white diaphanous veil and dress, and hair braided into a bun, she is dressed for a special occasion or celebration, possibly her own wedding. The cropped composition and punctilious draughtsmanship…