Signed lower right. Oil on canvas. 74 x 92 cm. Restored. Minor damage to frame. Cf. a painting of a comparable, but laterally inverted image, illustrated in the Haja / Wimmer catalogue, page 229. This was offered for sale at Christie's, London, in the auction on 14 June 2006, catalogue number 7. Provenance: acquired from a gallery in Zurich in the 1970s. - Private collection, South Germany Literature: Haja, Martina / Wimmer, Günther, Les Orientalistes des Écoles allemande et autrichienne, Paris 2000, pages 226-251. We are grateful to Emily M. Weeks, Ph.D., for sharing her observations regarding this work, and for helping us to prepare this catalogue note. Dimensions 74 x 92 cm Artist or Maker Rodolphe (Rudolf) Ernst 1854 Wien - 1932 Fontenay-aux-Roses b. Paris Medium Lwd Date Condition Report Rest Literature Haja, Martina / Wimmer, Günther, Les Orientalistes des Écoles allemande et autrichienne, Paris 2000, S. 226-251. Provenance Erworben in einer Galerie in Zürich in den 1970er Jahren. - Süddeutsche Privatsammlung. Notes RefArt