DANS LE GOÜT DE MONTICELLI (1824-1886) Adolphe Joseph MONTICELLI (1824-1886) in the style of Harem Scene: The Negress Carrying Birds to Scheherazade's Palace Oil on mahogany panel, signed lower right Harem Scene: The Negress Carrying Birds to Scheherazade's Palace Oil on mahogany panel, signed lower right H 31 x L 40.5 cm - H 12 1/4 x W 16 in. In a gilded wood frame with palmettes. In a gilded wood frame with palmettes Related work in the collections of the Musée des Beaux Arts de Dijon : Monticelli, Adolphe. Scène de Harem: La négresse porteuse d'oiseaux au palais de Shéhérazade. Panel circa 1880 Inv. DG 568

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