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- Estimate
- $65,000–$75,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — A Collection of Orientalist Art, Doha · 18 March 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3843051
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Numa Marzocchi De Belluci, A lesson in the Koran. Sotheby's, 18 Mar 2009, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3843051.
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Numa Marzocchi De Belluci, A lesson in the Koran. Sotheby's, 18 Mar 2009, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3843051.
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From the same sale A Collection of Orientalist Art · Mar 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Beauties standing before Al Rifa'i Mosque in Cairo | Fabio Fabbi | $70,000–$90,000 | |
| By the riverside | Wilhelm Kuhnert | $38,000–$42,000 | |
| Smoker with hookah and marabou | Gyula Tornai | $18,000–$25,000 | |
| Evening Prayers | Otto Pilny | $200,000–$250,000 | |
| The Presentation | Rudolf Ernst | $350,000–$450,000 | |
| Admiring her smile | Frederick Marriott | $15,000–$25,000 |
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| Rudolf Ernst | rudolf ernst | outside the mosque | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | Reciting the Koran | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Rudolf Ernst | Arab smoking a nargilah | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Georges Washington | A Skirmish | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 |
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